Danger, Beware of Ham Radio

The YouTube is a fabulous video sharing facility. There are plenty of good and informative videos about many aspects of amateur radio.

But there’s one – the Truth about Ham Radio by Bert Fisher K1OIK – that interestingly gives one man’s opinion about what’s wrong with our hobby and some within it.

Talking from his radio shack during a ten minute pay out on the amateur radio community, he stereotypes hams in a series of over generalisations that could have many of his ill-informed viewers believe we are mostly all fat, engaging in meaningless activity, intellectual deficient, elitist and
gutless when not behind a microphone.

Bert K1OIK obviously does not like contests and contesters. He claims they go nuts, abandon their families and even withdraw from important social occasions.

He likens packet clusters that list all active DX stations during a contest, to a hunter going into a zoo and killing a whole lot of caged animals.

The video ends with an industrial-style sign that states: Danger, Beware of Ham Radio.

Bert Fisher K1OIK, is obviously a great character. He has other videos including ‘Ham Radio, a critical evaluation’, and ‘The Real World of Ham Radio’, that make interesting viewing.

He obviously has enjoyed amateur radio most of his life, and shares the hobby with his daughter Erin KB1LOQ.

Jim Linton VK3PC

Now.. watch the video