Just a brief rant:

I’m seriously getting tired of looking for some information about a rig, antenna, etc and being directed to nothing but YouTube videos. It seems everyone wants to be a famous influencer.

Just look at the main QRZ.com page. It’s all links to YouTube videos.

Sometimes videos help but it’s become absurd - especially when it takes less time to read the information than watch some video. Oh, if you’re making some stupid face and pointing at something, I doubt I will ever watch the video.

  • agentsquirrel
    5·
    2 years ago

    “Don’t forget to smash that LIKE button!” LOL

    There are several good YT channels for amateur radio: MIKROWAVE1, Mr. Carlson’s Lab, VK3YE, ZL2CTM, W2AEW, D-Lab. If there’s a channel featuring an EFHW antenna video or a primer on Baofeng radios, that’s a likely sign it’s a wannabe influencer.

    Although it’s not amateur radio oriented, I highly recommend “Iain Explains Signals, Systems, and Digital Comms” for those who want to understand more complex topics without getting a PhD.

    • Trojan HamOPM
      2·
      2 years ago

      There are also some excellent Navy training film from the 50s.