“THE HAM’S WIDE WORLD“ 1960s AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE HAM PROMO FILM BARRY GOLDWATER 15204

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 and communication together.” The film opens with Enrique Garcia on the phone in his office in Ensenada, Mexico, checking to see if lunch is ready. He leaves his wholesale grocery store and goes to his home for his lunch break to eat and operate his radio. He walks into his home, which has a large tri-bander radio antenna in front of it. He sits down at his “shack” and communicates with other hams. A high school student from Woodland Hills, CA named Matt strings up an inverted radio antenna (01:08). A woman named Sharon climbs into her convertible in Arizona and tunes in her mobile radio (01:34). Matt and Enrique speak on their radios. Sharon radios Enrique while she drives (04:44). Matt and his radio club meet on a hilltop to test a radio antenna (05:05). They fire up a generator and work with their home-built radi