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Another crazy idea for an amateur radio video
Posted: 28 Apr 2022 01:59 PM PDT
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A couple of weeks ago, the Veritasium video, “The Big Misconception About Electricity created quite a stir. If you’re interested in the physics of electricity, you might want to watch this yourself.
Im not going to discuss the technical merits of this video here (although
feel free to do so in the comments below). Instead, Im going to mention
that some hams suggested that we get the guy behind Veritasium to produce a video on an aspect of ham radio. The idea would be to attract those who are interested in the science behind radio—presumably younger people—into amateur radio. After all, if he can make mundane scientific topics seem
cool, shouldn’t he be able to make amateur radio seem cool?
Also, he has almost 12 million subscribers on YouTube. If we could somehow convince him to do a video on amateur radio, it would get a lot of play.
I’ve emailed him about this and am now waiting for a reply.
My question to you all is are there other video producers out there like Vertiasium who are doing something similar? I’ve been browsing YouTube for the last hour, and while there are a ton of videos on radio waves, for
example, they’re all pretty dry, academic stuff. I want to find someone
that can not only explain a topic, but spur a viewer’s imagination as well.
I know we have a bunch of amateur radio YouTubers, and they all do some
great videos, but their audience are folks who already have amateur radio licenses. Theyre preaching to the choir. I want someone who can produce a
video that people outside the church will watch and convince them to join
the congregation.
What do you think? Do you have any favorite video producers who might be
able to pull this off? To sweeten the pot a little, let me remind you that
Im the Communications Manager for ARDC. We make grants to organizations and projects that promote and support amateur radio. If we find the right
producer, funds might be available.
By the way
Dave Jones, of EEVBlog fame, has done a video on this topic, tackling it
from an engineering point of view. Its worth watching, if youre interested
in the topic.
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