6/19/2023 0 Comments Royal order of the wouff hong![]() ![]() It is amazing that amateur radio survived the post-WWI years - threatened by both the military and commercial broadcast interests. I'd always heard about the Wouff Hong and it was fascinating to read about it's humorous origins.īartlett covers many of the highlights of ham radios initial contributions: demonstrating the ability to relay messages across the country, providing a means of communications in support of disaster areas, and sending messages across the globe. There is good coverage of the early organizations supporting ham radio to include The Royal Order of the Wouff Hong. Ignorance easily creates fear, and these early boy-hams were often looked at as a danger and a threat. Teenage boys, curious and prone to mischief with knowledge of a new technology unfamiliar to most. When he describes the early boy-ham experimenter, I immediately drew a parallel with the boy-"hackers" of the 1980s and 90s. It is a more vibrant story than 200 Meters, aided by hindsight and a wealth of primary sources the author pulls from. Tracing the start of radio from Marconi through the emergence of a thriving hobby in the post WWI years, Bartlett does a wonderful job of taking the reader on a journey through the history of ham radio. ShedbergThis is a modern telling of Clinton DeSoto's 1936 classic 200 Meters and Down story through meticulous research of the author, Richard Bartlett, and the amateur radio experiences of the his brother Forrest, W6OWP.
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