HAM - Official Documentary (2022)
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- HAM is a short documentary that follows a group of Montanan amateur radio enthusiasts that show the loyal community of amateur radio, explore what it means to be a ham, and how they are trying to keep the hobby alive.
Thank you to everyone who made this documentary happen, to all of our peers at UM, to the awesome people who let us into their lives, and to everyone who cheered us on the whole way. Special thanks to the School of Visual and Media Arts at the University of Montana and Montana PBS.
Produced by students from the School of Visual and Media Arts program at the University of Montana in 2022. Aired on Montana PBS on November 24th, 2022. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
as a 14 year old ham radio operator videos like these keep me in the hobby
As an adult just now getting into the hobby, its stories like yours that are encouraging to me. More young people getting involved. It seems that in.just the last couple years, people have realized the unmatched utility of HAM, especially in remote areas. Where I grew up, you were screwed if you got lost with a cell phone, the towers were unreliable and the coverage was about 1 square mile in a mountain range. If you had a ham radio with you, you were ok, because you can always reach the repeater and call for search and rescue. I guess I was spoiled growing up where nothing worked and it was disconnected from the world. I got to learn how to get by without normal things like internet, cell phone, hell even at times electricity. And every year, the town would get cut off from all surrounding areas because of weather and road closures. So we just got used to fending for ourselves, and never expect the grocery store to have food, always have a minimum of a month of food (we all had a seasons worth though, everyone grew a garden and canned their own vegetables). Im glad youre involved at a young age, the sky is the limit with what you can accomplish, starting at such a young age. You're encouraging, my friend! 73
My father was a HAM operator in Venezuela. SSTV (Slow Scan TV) was a way to transmit images through any HAM radio, and when the first images were received from Voyager, a HAM operator at NASA was broadcasting these even before they made the evening news. So there we were, in a small town in Venezuela looking at new space frontiers thanks to the magic of HAM radio.
A ham from YV land
@@eduardopower5254 YV5GU
What a cool story! Thank you for sharing
@@ColeRees Right!? Awesome story.
Wonder if he was using those old sat repeaters that get heavy use around the equator
When I was around 12 (in the 90s) I got my licence, but didn't have a radio. My family was having a garage sale and I was playing around with a cheap CB radio while we sat in the garage. An older man that stopped noticed me playing with the radio and found out during the conversation that I had my licence and it turns out he was an operator as well! When he found out I didn't have a radio, this gentleman went all the way back to his house and brought back an old 2m that he'd built from a kit along with an antenna and other accessories. He just gave them to me, wished me luck, and left! I built my whole station around that one 2m radio and had a whole bunch of fun :-) Still have it today! As a young boy, it felt like being handed the keys to a spacecraft and left a big impression on me.
I'm a millennial who is completely disillusioned with modern technology. I've worked in IT for the last 15 years and I hate the trajectory of modern tech corporations. Everything is about greed and money, and true innovation in tech is almost completely dead. Ham radio has been a salvation for me. It has restored my faith in human innovation and the pursuit of knowledge for the good of all humanity. Ham radio embodies all this and more for me and I hope that all the old hams know that the younger generation is here and wants/needs to learn from them.
This is the BEST documentary I've ever seen on Amateur Radio. Thank you Grace for promoting ham radio, awesome work done by all!
yuhhhh hayden keep doin what your doin buddy love the vids
Imagine! Amateur radio operators dressed for the weather, not surrounded by promotional Chinese knock-offs. I bet they even read the instructions. We get to see their faces because they have something to convey. Tables littered because they're actual workspaces, not video setups. Radios powered up and OTA.
These are people of experience. As an actual technician, I have goosebumps.
True!
Amazing work. I'm in my 20's and thankful that there's material like this introducing new people to ham radio. Thank you for putting in the effort and making this, it's really a great window into our world.
My test for tech is in less than two weeks! Excited to be a part of it!
@@Chris_at_Home technician is the first of three tiers. technician, then general, then extra.
Don't suck the coleslaw in a certain way to make sure you are healthy. Long days off the streets if you're a fan ☺️🤗
Im in my early 30s…I got my general when I was in my 20s and started with a homemade coat hanger antenna for 2 meters on my parents house.
I love the guy at the 5:00 -ish mark. “I can’t do clubs, can’t keep the schedule but if you ask me for my time I will do that”. Paraphrased. Love that answer, it’s so independent yet shows passion and love.
Pretty well all of my local ham friends aren't interested in clubs nor me. Ham radio is doing well and getting popular again but clubs are dead as a future.
Been a ham for 30 years now, and never was there a documentary that I know of that was filmed by people outside of the hobby. Great work and thanks for giving our community such a positive spin! 73 to all!
Dear Grace, as a radio amateur since 2017 I felt honoured and deeply moved by the excellent way you depicted and displayed the people in HAM radio. The solid storyline. Explaining not only the technical side but allso the human side of this great service helps us all understand this a lot better. The team did a great job in putting this intricate situation on film and a big thank you to all the hams in this production. Let me wipe the tears out of my eyes. This touched me. Please keep on going ! seven three, doei doei from the Netherlands. Dit dit. 🙏
I got my ham radio license last month (11/14/2023) And I'm having so much fun so far. I'm really proud to be part of this community
Update: Got my General on new years day 2024!
1/19/2024 got my technician license. I am loving HF. I'm motivated to get my Gen soon. KD9ZMK, 73!
Got my Extra last week! See you all OTA. 73
What a great video. I got my license about 7 years ago and just recently saved up enough to get into hf. The great thing about this hobby is the feeling that there is always more to explore. When I got my tech I was having so much fun chatting on my local repeater, simplex with the locals, then dipped my toe into DMR/D-Star which was a ton of fun. Then I built a yagi antenna out of pvc pipe and an old tape measure and started recieving pictures from the ISS! Then I upgraded to general. Now I'm talking to hams all over the world and studying for my extra to get that extra band privilege. As a 36 year old, I do everything I can to expose this wonderful hobby to everyone I can, many have never even heard of amateur radio!
Awsome Documentary 💯👍 Southwest Germany waving a Hand 🙋♂. 73 & happy Weekend de Uncle Guenter
As a really young ham at only 13, it's still amazing that this is possible. Thanks for this amazing vide explaining and showing people what ham radio is!
It's a calling. And becoming increasingly washed out in today's technical climate.
Reach out for it.
What does ham mean
@@Leon-lv3cn back in the day, professional radio operators used the phrase "ham fisted" to refer to unskilled amateur radio operators who were not as skilled with morse code. it was considered a rude thing to say to others, but eventually the amateur radio community re-appropriated the term to refer to themselves and now it can be thought of as HAMateur
This was very nice. My interest in radio began in the 70's when I was a preteen, listening to the National Weather Service and police frequencies... then getting my CB license when that was a requirement. Sadly, I literally knew nothing about amateur radio until I entered the Marine Corps at the end of 85 and saw that something called M.A.R.S. had told my Mom that I'd arrived at Parris Island safely. Anyway, nearly 50 years from that first listen to 162.55Mhz in North Jersey to now, I'm studying for my Technician License. Do yourself a favor and encourage young folks NOW! It's not all cell phones and Xbox!
Just like a CQ call this is reaching out over the world and bringing people together, I don’t think it’s a dying hobby but for sure it’s evolving. Great work Grace and thanks for sharing it and thanks to the fellows hams for making it possible. 73
Not dying evolving
Got my general license less than a month ago. So far I’ve been operating 2m/70cm repeaters around my local area. It was fun to watch this as a newbie that’s still finishing up in university! Hopefully I can start working other bands in the near future! KF0LVR, 73
Congratulations
I also got my tech in university. Getting general just after I graduated. HF is a whole other world. I recommend studying for your extra while you’re at. Just got mine last week
What a wonderful picture of our community. You captured our spirit and our soul. Thank you!
Thank you. I've been around long enough to have watched the Apollo 11 moon landing on TV. I was 8. I grew up around radio and tech in my family but just this year got my Amateur Radio licenses. This piece really hit home for me. Thanks and 73. Greg KC1SJZ
BEEN A HAM SINCE 1978 AND I STILL LOVE THIS WONDERFUL HOBBY…73
That was amazing! I wish it was like 3x longer. Currently studying for my tech license via a mix of apps and youtube. My ultimate goal is to make contact with the ISS, which luckily is possible even with a technician license.
Anyways cheers from the midwest!
Can't see that Amateur Radio is fading away. The number of FCC licensees have more than tripled since the FCC did away with Code requirement. I was licensed in the 10th grade in 1955 with the now extinct Novice Class ticket which was only good for one year. Got my General in 1956 and have never dropped my ticket.
I worked with someone that got his license at 16 yo. He is in his late 70s now. Ha and I worked a communications site in Prudhoe Bay about 15 years ago. He had a couple of long wires that he could switch between and was real fast. I remember he got a gold plated Marconi key where thumb and finger are used. He told me could do 40 wpm on CW. The Arctic winter nights were good for skip. The only HFs I worked on were on P-3s 50 years ago and some ship to shore stuff between Barrow and an oil spill response barge in the Chukchi Sea 30 years ago. I set up the shore site and had to do some repairs on the barge. It was a helicopter trip to get there.
This production was not implying that HR is dying.. the observation was that. HR seems to be evolving..
@@dennislanekr7q235 It very plainly said more than once HR is fading away. Yes, they also said it is evolving. Everything evolves so that is not a new thing.
This is wonderfully produced - really well done Grace. I'm in my mid-30s and recently got into ham radio after years of dabbling in DIY audio electronics. It was just a nagging curiosity that led me to this whole new world of the radio spectrum, and I ended up meeting tons of friendly characters willing to share their knowledge. I'm still a novice but really enjoying it so far. Thanks for making this!
What new folks in the hobby don't realize is that you don't need much money to build your own station for CW. Learn and build it yourself. You don't need a thousand dollar radio or a huge antenna farm. Building your own equipment teaches you the fundamentals of electronics, and will l enable you fix it if it ever fails. Besides there is pride in "I built it myself, and it works!
Thanks for this one, Still have some Ham friends in Missoula. 73, Skip WB4DAD
Grace and team, thank you for a great production! 73 de David AE4LH
This has motivated me to obtain my HAM license. In 1989 I was a cadet in Civil Air Patrol and operated a UHF rig just above the 2m band. I was hooked then. This just rekindled that fire for the radio. See y’all in bands soon 👍👍
This is what GPS truly runs on. Giant radio towers. GPS is ground based. There ain't no magical flying aluminum cans. Satellite tv - ground based. The dishes on the houses are the "satellites" that "orbit" the transmission towers. I know how that sounds but it doesn't take long to realize it has to be that way. It's common knowledge cell phones use towers. Att is a billion dollar corporation and existed before sat tv was even thought of. Why don't cell phones use satellites? Simple answer is they don't exist. High altitude balloons are all around the equator where third world countries don't have thousands of NASA religious zealots with telescopes. I know how all that sounds but you have first hand knowledge of radio towers and such. Signals do not go around curves. Straight lines only. Yes, the higher the tower the more range but it doesn't matter because a sphere falls off well before the range does. I know. Crazy. Except basic science and 1940 tech proves NASA is a farce. Nobody trusts the FBI. Nobody trusts the CIA. Why do people trust with absolution a govt agency that is made of Nazi brought straight from the 3rd Reich in operation paper clip. Yeah, those men are dead but their kids aren't and the govt agency they started isn't. It's all CGI. The gatekeepers of space. Trust us. We're the govt...
We need more amateur radio operators. We don’t need more expert ones. Those develop on their own with a bit of encouragement and guidance from elmers, but we need more people to talk to. We need more people operating radios from ski lifts and on high altitude hikes. We need more people operating from stadiums at packed games giving score updates. It’s so much better, more fun than twitter.
Finally, a Ham Radio Documentary that honors this great hobby. Really, thanks for helping us on promoting Ham Radio to the world. ¡Thanks!
Hope the best for you and your filmmaking career. Best regards from SPAIN 🇪🇸 🇮🇨 (Reg EA8 - Canary Islands) 73!!
I like hopping onto the HAM waves some nights and listening to what people are saying. Usually I am hunting around for random MW frequencies but on some nights I can catch some interesting conversations coming from all over western montana.
20 year old HAM from the UK, this hobby has certainly evolved. Think of what a raspberry pi could do for your shack!
I spent an hour last Saturday trying to get a QSO with a Russian DXpedition in Rwanda. I finally got them in the log with 100w and a EFHW. I was so happy!😄
I didn’t even know this still existed! Such a great documentary. Thank you! Super interesting! 😊
@RADIO ACTIVATED Not just that - in the UK I don't think that's a consideration for the majority of people, thankfully.
Some people still enjoy the thrill of a hobby that takes patience and commitment, plus study to improve and constantly learn.
It does seem as if the 'prepper' community in some countries have their own reasons for getting licences, but I'm not sure the same can be said in Europe.
That's cos in UK we're already fked
Oh, yeah - I find amateur comms indispensable for off-roading and camping with friends; beats the hell out of FRS/GMRS in most cases. Been licensed for about 30 years now, completely on a whim. Friend of mine was studying for his tech test, and I was his "study buddy". I personally wasn't overly interested in the hobby (at the time); from my perspective I was just hanging out with my friend sharing some beers and doing practice tests. We went to his test appointment, and on the spur of the moment he said, "Hey... you should test, too. It's only five bucks..." So I did. And we both passed, of course.
*Then* I was hooked... 😋
In the years since, we've both "levelled up" and been actively playing with the newer technology as it becomes available, recruited several other friends to the Amateur Radio hobby, and between us our large annual Death Valley trip group has probably a couple hundred thousand dollars in radio hardware between us. Sometimes a guy will show up with a Jeep so loaded with tech it looks like a friggin' computer lab, hoisting a 40' pneumatic antenna mast. Sometimes we'll get together and decide we all want to take our "Altoid Tins" (very low power, simple radios that can literally fit inside a traditional metal Altoid box) out into the desert and start tossing antenna lines up onto the cliffsides. Just depends on our mood and interests at the time.
The Prepper angle is pretty well unique to the US.
Almost 2 years ago , got into electronics as an hobby and passion. By wavering the internet about electronics , I discovered this hobby and I simply got fascinated. Recently , succeded to finally purchase the well know Baofeng UV-5R , one of the best radios for its price , maybe in the whole world. Also im planning to get my license this year and i look forward into getting an amp for the ht and an better antenna , doing SOTA's and having fun ! Succeded to make an contact on the PMR446 ( the non-licensed band; FRS equivlent) and I was so happy ! Im 19 at this moment.
as a 23 year old this is my first introduction to HAM and I am hooked, thank you!
Great documentary, love the music.
Got my Ham licence in 2020 at 35 y.o. in the UK through online examination. It's fun, more young people should join!
This documentary is very well done. Nice flow and very pleasing audio/photography. The slice of North American hams as focal points is interesting and fun. Great job!
Thank you Grace for that awesome doc. I am sharing that in Brazilians ham radio groups.
I’m working on creating MESH networks in Joshua tree, California on 433mhz, and LoRaWAN 915mhz, great documentary!
Nicely done.. K4IA, Buck
Excellent video! You captured the essence and spirit of Amateur Radio very well! Ham radio is alive and well and growing! The radio club in our town has been in existence since 1936! We hold regular testing sessions and have licensed many new Hams. Many people enter the hobby through emergency preparedness groups and end up exploring other facets of Ham radio. The sky is the limit! Thanks for making this video!
It's interesting, I just got interested in Amateur Radio and I'll be 51 in about 2 weeks. I said to a friend this morning that I'm officially old because I'm getting a HAM radio license. As long as I can remember this has been a past time for old men, mostly retired engineers or physicists.
One of the problems is you need time and when you are younger that's hard to find.
wow this is so cool to learn about!! very well put together documentary, i enjoyed hearing peoples stories and having an insight to their lives! good job guys! 💖💖💖
Ditto
Built a ham transmitter (10 watt) on the top of a cake pan as a kid - mid 70’s - worked well - used chassis punch’s to make holes for the tubes (yup tubes). Got the schematics and plans from an old Popular Electronics magazine (from the 60’s). Used varnished toilet paper rolls to wind the frequency coils. Yeee haaaa
Awesome Documentary! People can talk about the internet and their cell phones, but to be able to communicate w/out 3rd party assistance, that will always be cool.
Thanks for taking time out to make this video. Although this video is based in the US, the feelings expressed by these senior ham are felt and shared worldwide.
73 de 9W2V.
Thank you so much for doing this film! This is exactly what the hobby needs and as a 17 yrs old ham I really enjoyed this. This was outstanding! Tnx de sa6nia
This is actually a really effective medium for the time.
Nicely done! And what a kick is was to hear what a Moon bounce sounds like after being tested on it in the Tech license exam. 73 de KN6VMK
That was an awesome movie! Thanks for putting it out there. 73’s to the Montana crowd. Hope to work you all with my puny qrp station from South Dakota. De n5vwn
Thank you Grace for putting this together. I hope you get your license and to catch you on the air someday and say thanks again!
Great documentary! Thanks for filming and releasing this. 73 de AD6DM in California.
This was wonderful. I have seen a lot of movement among younger Hams in Digital, POTA, SOTA and SHTF operating. They seem to be finding new ways to combine all of those ideas to create new ones, very encouraging to see.
Ham since 1968. Changed my life. Greetings from KT1R Lou ex-WN3KGC WA3KGC N9KC
Amazing... Thanks for sharing. We need more documentaries like that. 73 from PY1CG
Grace,
Your documentary truly captures what it's all about to be a licensed HAM! All the best on getting your ticket. I'll be listening for you on the air.
73s de N0JAG
This was fantastic! My late grandfather was an Amateur Radio hobbyist in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. When I was a kid, I’d go & spend every school holidays there & hang out with him in his radio shack. Such good times! I’m now 40 & this documentary has now motivated me to go get my own license.
I'm from Algeria and got interested recently, i heard of HAM radio long ago, but it was like a cryptic thing that seemed to me like a weird american hobby or something
but i've been interested in electronics now and then, me being an IT person, i started drifting there, i didn't realize the importance of radio till i went on a solo trip offroad in the desert and was like off-network/grid, and realized the need for radio for emergencies
but here getting into the hobby is hard, and expensive, i understand why the hobby seems to be dying
but i think stuff like LoRa and long range on digital ISM bands are attracting new people to be interested in getting licensed
plus antennas are cool xd
I’ll never forget it . Listening to Dr. Garriot from the Space Shuttle . Short pass over rural west Texas.
That was a great post 📯
Don’t have to worry about it dying, 19 years young and find this hobby very fun 😁
I’ve wanted to get into amateur radio on and off over the years, but in my 40s I got a GMRS license and I’m studying for the Ham exam, it’s a really fun thing and very useful 😊
Good start. Good luck getting your ham ticket
Seems like a nice wholesome hobby. I'm glad these old nerds have each other.
This warmed my heart, I was in the Marine Corps graduation from RTO at San Diego .Went from there to Vietnam. Always regretted not going Amateur but I blame that on the '60's LOL🤣 Now I'm 74, too old and too poor to start now.
Excellent video! A HAM radio documentary like this is much needed and much appreciated. The HAM radio hobby was on somewhat of a decline but is now making a strong comeback thanks to active Elmers and videos like this. The hobby has more modes and options than ever before and offers something for everyone!
Fantastic , Grace ! You captured the spirit of Ham radio. 73 .. KD9MGZ
Fantastic documentary, I'm watching this today 06/11/23 from 26 division, I hope Grace got her radio licence... Best 73 to all. Kp444... ❤😊
After watching this video, looks like fun, and motivate me more to joins amateur radio all around the world. Making contact and exchange information with all people around the world.
I am come from south-east Asia Cambodia. And I just received an HF radio equipments from my friend, he is a sailor.
I’m been watching all Ham Radio Operators for many years and I hope one day I’ll make contact with people around the world.
Extremely well done video - the best that I've seen. I always encourage folks to get started in it even at a low level so they have some communications experience for emergencies/disasters.
And yes, the observation that CW/Morse Code operators tend to be better overall holds.
73 DE N4HPG
Absolutely beautiful film.
Outstanding soundtrack.
Keep up the great work.
73 de 2E0HJN, Essex County, UK.
Thanks for this Documentary Grace! I appreciate learning a little more about the unique world of amateur radio.
As a new extra (earned all three in the same day), I am fascinated by all the things you can do with this hobby. I don't even have any type of HF equipment yet.
I look forward to building some antennas and getting a HF rig up and going.
Very well done. Cheers from Winnipeg. (VE4TTH)
Very nice work, Grace, your crew, and all the Hams who did a wonderful job of explaining and demonstrating a bit of what being a ham is all about. Loved it.
Thank you Grace, excellent film on our hobby
A moving moving, "Bringing the world together"
As a teenager back in the early 80’s I was into, cb radio, mostly ssb and trying to dx using skip on 27mhz. I was more interested in why it worked and how it worked so I bought ARRL books, learned about amateur radio, antenna theory and really wanted to get my tech license because back then, you had to build equipment, which was really where my interest was. In fact to get your basic license then you had to know Morse code now I hear that’s not a requirement anymore. Anyway Well, life got in the way as I got older, school, job, career etc, audiophile high fi equipment, never did get my HAM license, well now I’m 56 and this video makes me want to get back into radio communications. But, it also makes me want to move so I can have property to put up a nice antenna and build a station. I cannot do that where I am. Excellent production on this video!
An old employers father was a ham guy, had to remove all the old wires from the property. Hearing stories of then it seems alot like now with the internet an scocial forms. Thanks for the doc gods bless
Excellent production! I've been a ham for just under a year and still can't believe how kind and welcoming everyone is. This is a community of fantastic folks, and you portrayed that perfectly.
Well done. Strong smart generous community.
God bless HAM radio.
Thank you very much for the fascinating story about our hobby. 73 DE YL3AX
Very good overview of a wonderful hobby....W6QR, 62 years of CW
This is a terrific documentary and I want to thank you for interviewing these good folks about their experiences as HAMs. I’ve always had an interest as much in the technology as the people who the pastime specifically attracts: generally those who are problem solvers and aren’t afraid to fail to succeed.
Great video, Thank you.
This documentary reminded me in quality of the great BBC documentaries of old. It's wonderful to learn about culture in all its forms, and i especially enjoyed the warmth of the radio operators toward each other, humanity will always be in need of kindness and good will.
Many thanx Grace for this video about ham radio. Evgeny RA0CGT from Far East Russia
Thanks for making something wholesome in such a turbulent time where smut and violence is on tv
the big question did Grace get her call sign? I have been a ham for over 30 yrs love the hobby , and my wife like it as well. she always knows where to find me in the SHACK 73 😃
Grace, disfruté mucho viendo tu documental. Me encantaron las tomas, como fue fluyendo de manera natural el film en si. La presentación de los protagonistas, el sonido, pero por sobre todo me gustó mucho la calidez con la que presentaste el amor y pasión que provoca en muchas personas la radioafición. Espero ver más material tuyo en esta clave porque independientemente del tópico elegido para el documental, considero muy bien logrado el resultado final. Me recordó (y con eso delato mi edad) los films que veía en los noventas cuando sentía la calidez humana en el registro fílmico, sin necesidad de artificios. 73!
Thank you. DE 4H1AAA class D from the Philippines 73!
I am 32 now and have been licensed since I was 17 and a junior in High School and have loved it ever since. The one gentleman is correct in most of the operators are older. I think there are maybe 2 others in my age group in my area that is licensed and that is concerning. People my age think its an antiquated technology and no longer useful when they can pick up their phone and communicate all over the world. I enjoy the hobby and hope I can continue for many years to come. W8VYR 73!
So happy to have stumbled upon this Doc...very well done! Enjoyed it, and will be waiting for more to come!
Excellent work by the Students! Enjoyed watching this
Grace, this is amazing! I love the heartwarming scenes toward the end, they really loved your time there. It’s a great community, even for younger generations and I say that as a relatively younger member, I wish it was easier to get others into.
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Extremely well done, I watched the documentary on PBS online a couple of weeks ago. The sound design, cinematography, and story really put a whole different meaning to the hobby. Incredible work!
Very good documentary with the changing times within the hobby. POTA - a good experience.
This just solidified my decision to go through with getting my technician license. Thanks guys!
Bill N4ITE. Very well done! I will forward this to a friend who is showing interest in ham radio.
Very chill docu, very nice stations, and amazing operators. Saludos desde WP4QCR en San Juan, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 73!