Lord have mercy, I sure miss the original AM After Midnight! It got me many 100's of thousand miles down the road! I would go as far to say it was single handedly the main reason I ended up being a night driver... The miles just seemed to click on by and before I knew it, it was time for an 8 hour break!
@frankdusenbury I don't think George Norey stole the show. From best of memory, Art Bell was receiving credible death threats against himself and his family.
I talked with him often while he was in DC and in AZ. My call is WB5YTA. My first conversation was when I lived in Lubbock, TX and we talked for almost 30 minutes. I had a TH6DXX antenna at 70’ on top of the Rohn 25 Tower and was using a Kenwood TS520. Additionally, I talked with him on 40 Meters one night off a dipole that I threw up into the trees while in Bell county, at West Fort Hood or Grey Base. Only talked for about five minutes when someone decided they wanted to butt in instead of waiting. He called me on the phone afterward and we were not interrupted! I saw him at an air show in Tucson and we visited for about an hour during lunch.
My grandmother cursed his ass out and he called her a white N word because she was Sicilian 😂 she said she was so offended and confused all at the same time, all they could do was laugh out loud 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I thought I read where Country singer Loretta Lynn was also licensed at one time, along with Patty Loveless and a number of other Country Stars ! I think many before cell phone and internet days ? I often wondered if they used VHF/UHF Ham bands, to escape the clutter on 11 meter Citizens Band, while touring convoy style with othe artists ? 🔊 🎶 🎶🤔........?
@@HamRadioDX That's the only thing I could figure ? People like Ronnie Milsap, and we can't forget Joe Walsh, were pretty hard core operator's. But hearing some of the other's named, seemed the only logical explanation was using it between vehicle's ? Although I've never heard any stories of Hams working any celebrities as they mobiled around, but there might be some ? My guess, they likely used some unorthodox frequencies while putt'n around the Country ! Pretty neat contact, if you could ever snag one ! Even better if you could get them to QSL ! HI ! '73
Did Mel Blanc ever do ham radio? I know he started on commercial radio and he had a huge presence on the Southern California CB radio scene. Sometimes using one of his voices like Bugs or Daffy.
If Priscilla Presley is a ham, the call NY6NOS can’t be valid. The FCC does not issue 2x3 calls that start with N, only 2x3 calls starting with K or W are being used.
There is a little mistake about Marlon Brando's callsign. It was Foxtrott *Oscar* 5 Golf Juliet. FO is the prefix for French Polynesia in the South-Pacific.
I've always thought the Ham Radio hobby could overlap with an amateur effort at S.E.T.I. (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). Ham's are great at salvaging things like parabolic dish antenna 📡 for listening in on the stars!
Virtually all of the celeb hams are totally inactive and have never done anything with it. The few active hams you list are famous among the ham community but not real hams. Only Joe Walsh is actually a bit of a celeb and fairly active. The reality is, and we should admit it and not lie to ourselves, no one really cares about ham radio and celebs can't be bothered with it
I absolutely care about the hobby, but if we put our heads in the sand and think that the public knows about us or gives a damn about our little nitch hobby then the legislatures, whom the public votes for, will simply do away with us and the minor pain in the ass we are for them. Admit that we are unknown and do something about it or we will no longer exist. Our entire hobby could be eliminated with the stroke of a pin by people put in power by the public that doesn't know or care about us.
Love Tim talking straight, but in all seriousness, nobody has ever been fined for simply talking without a proper license. Not saying it's legal though.
Astronauts are required to get at least a technician license.
so the Not A Space Agency monitor the flat earthers on radio.
That’s really interesting
It’s just astounding you left off Art Bell.
W6OBB
Lord have mercy, I sure miss the original AM After Midnight! It got me many 100's of thousand miles down the road! I would go as far to say it was single handedly the main reason I ended up being a night driver... The miles just seemed to click on by and before I knew it, it was time for an 8 hour break!
100% @@Swoop180
@@Swoop180 still pi$$d at geroge norey for stealing his show. Was Art's show will always be Arts show.. in my heart..
@frankdusenbury I don't think George Norey stole the show. From best of memory, Art Bell was receiving credible death threats against himself and his family.
Chris Hadfield may have had a US call while working with NASA, but his current call is VA3OOG.
He as others can hold a British as well as American call at the same. I know several Brits who hold both.
@@the1spyderryder
I thought he was Canadian.
Not being familiar with their system, are they still regulated by Great Britain?
Thx.
Love Tim Allen calling it like it is.
You know he's a convicted drug smuggler right
@@silasarpagaus3520 That happened in 1978. Says nothing about him as a person now.
@@silasarpagaus3520 You know you used to pee the bed, right?
@@JH-xc4ur Funny how you equate a natural bodily function with international crime
@@silasarpagaus3520 I'm equating change with change. Seems to me, everyone who focuses on someone else's past so much has enough of their own.
That was fun and insightful.
Sen. Barry Goldwater was a ham radio operator. My dad talked to him.
I talked with him often while he was in DC and in AZ. My call is WB5YTA. My first conversation was when I lived in Lubbock, TX and we talked for almost 30 minutes. I had a TH6DXX antenna at 70’ on top of the Rohn 25 Tower and was using a Kenwood TS520. Additionally, I talked with him on 40 Meters one night off a dipole that I threw up into the trees while in Bell county, at West Fort Hood or Grey Base. Only talked for about five minutes when someone decided they wanted to butt in instead of waiting. He called me on the phone afterward and we were not interrupted! I saw him at an air show in Tucson and we visited for about an hour during lunch.
K7UGA
My grandmother cursed his ass out and he called her a white N word because she was Sicilian 😂 she said she was so offended and confused all at the same time, all they could do was laugh out loud 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Was Heddy Lamar a ham? She has earned her place on the list anyways I think ;) ♡♡♡
Cool video
🤜🏻👍🤛🏻
No, she was an engineer but never held a ham license to the best of my knowledge.
How about Gary Shandling, Arthur Godfrey, Chet Atkins, and Ronny Milsap?
Art Bell - Silent key - W6OBB
Ronnie Milsap, country singer! KB4KCG
Prisoner of the highway
KB4 Kissing Country Gentleman
Phenomenal singer and musician, I've seen him 3 times in concert!
Didn’t know Bob Heil was a ham enthusiast? That’s all I know him for 😂. 73s, Bob. Rest well!
So Sir Cliff Richard really is wired for sound 🔊
And Jean Shepard
I thought I read where Country singer Loretta Lynn was also licensed at one time, along with Patty Loveless and a number of other Country Stars !
I think many before cell phone and internet days ?
I often wondered if they used VHF/UHF Ham bands, to escape the clutter on 11 meter Citizens Band, while touring convoy style with othe artists ?
🔊 🎶 🎶🤔........?
That's a really good point and very valid one too! Ham bands would be easier to communicate on for them than CB back then
@@HamRadioDX That's the only thing I could figure ?
People like Ronnie
Milsap, and we can't forget Joe Walsh, were pretty hard core operator's.
But hearing some of the other's named, seemed the only logical explanation was using it between vehicle's ?
Although I've never heard any stories of Hams working any celebrities as they mobiled around, but there might be some ?
My guess, they likely used some unorthodox frequencies while putt'n around the Country !
Pretty neat contact, if you could ever snag one !
Even better if you could get them to QSL !
HI !
'73
That's how I got started in this radio hobby while vacationing in a car/suv convoy from campground to campground...
I'm looking in to ham radio but for beginners. amateur radio, I see Tim, Marlon, presley. That's pretty cool.
Same here. No internet, no cell, etc. is a good motivator. Entry level hand held units here in Canada for 60$. Then licensing.
That's a pretty short list. I think you left out about 500 others who have gone on to do great things.
Did Mel Blanc ever do ham radio? I know he started on commercial radio and he had a huge presence on the Southern California CB radio scene. Sometimes using one of his voices like Bugs or Daffy.
If Priscilla Presley is a ham, the call NY6NOS can’t be valid. The FCC does not issue 2x3 calls that start with N, only 2x3 calls starting with K or W are being used.
Typo.. actually callsign was N6YOS. No longer active.
KD2QOJ Fun to watch
Thank you for the giant list of calls to spoof with
You’re welcome! Have fun
There is a little mistake about Marlon Brando's callsign. It was Foxtrott *Oscar* 5 Golf Juliet. FO is the prefix for French Polynesia in the South-Pacific.
Your voice is in x2 speed wtf! Great collection
Too much helium!
LOL Cliff Richard
Kitty.
…ICU …ok I see you too 🤣🤣🤣
RIP Bob Heil
There are a lot more famous people that hold or have held licences. I suspect a significant proportion have never been on air.
And many others, dont' forget SP3RN! 73 from Brasil
Paul Tibbets K4ZVZ
21....Ronnie Milsap, country music singer.
Barry
David Stover ,KF0JTC-Kansas.
Actually, I don't know nine of these celebrities. Never heard of them.
Cool 73 de KT1R
They were hard to read with such short duration screen time and trying to read through another layer of text.
Tim Allen talking about drug dealers becoming heroes... The irony
@@Medieval1-1 no he didn't, he just smuggled it into the country
@@silasarpagaus3520I think he was just a hoover vacuum when it came to cocaine, and him keeping his daily stash on him qualified as muling.
Don’t say anything bad about Tim Allen or sensitive people will get mad
Gagarin ua1lo?
Tim Allen had a Heathkit HW-101 behind his left shoulder.
I've always thought the Ham Radio hobby could overlap with an amateur effort at S.E.T.I. (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). Ham's are great at salvaging things like parabolic dish antenna 📡 for listening in on the stars!
There are many hams from SETI I have met a few of them
God, Mandy (Molly Ephram) is a gorgeous doll baby. I wish she would come operate my station...
Not all of the celebrities in this video are current ham radio licensees. Patty Loveless and Priscilla Presley are no longer licensed.
Some of them are SK too!
Yep, I believe that Loveless actually CANCELED her license.
FMRS no stinky ham needed😮
Tim Allen call sign was created for the show...kk6 NTT ( NOT TIM TAYLOR)
Actually… his fictional callsign from the show is KA0XTT. His real life callsign is KK6OTD.
@@HamRadioDX wow I never knew he is a real ham ...
I always thought that it was one of the behind the scenes staff ..
Thanks..
His real name is Tim Dick not Tim Allen
You can add Donny Osmond to that list KA7EVD
Samanta Cristoforetti IU0UDF
Herman call Sign was w6xrl
Art Bell W6OBB
The voice says 20 famouse celebrity ham radio operators not really true, 20 famouse celebrities who have ham radio certification! Just sayin...
Alrighty then
All No Code Techs.
Fantastic hey!
Knowing Tim Allen is a HAM give me second thoughts on getting my cert.
How bout ART BELL / ANDY DEVINE
I didnt know that Andy Devine was a ham.
Who'd of thunk?!!!
I love Tim Allen's statement here since he did time for getting busted running cocaine in Michigan. Just another hypocrite.
Don’t say anything about Tim or you’ll offend some sensitive people
Sir Cliff Richard is not a ham - error
Virtually all of the celeb hams are totally inactive and have never done anything with it. The few active hams you list are famous among the ham community but not real hams. Only Joe Walsh is actually a bit of a celeb and fairly active. The reality is, and we should admit it and not lie to ourselves, no one really cares about ham radio and celebs can't be bothered with it
The fact you commented on this video shows you at least care about ham radio and celebrities.
I absolutely care about the hobby, but if we put our heads in the sand and think that the public knows about us or gives a damn about our little nitch hobby then the legislatures, whom the public votes for, will simply do away with us and the minor pain in the ass we are for them. Admit that we are unknown and do something about it or we will no longer exist. Our entire hobby could be eliminated with the stroke of a pin by people put in power by the public that doesn't know or care about us.
What was that about drug dealers?
Don’t say anything or the Tim fans boys will get really offended
"Famous" lolol
U call these people?
And how many are on-the-air besides Bob Heil? ZERO!!!
Some of them are dead.. but JY1 was on a lot -
Love Tim talking straight, but in all seriousness, nobody has ever been fined for simply talking without a proper license. Not saying it's legal though.
A lot of these ppl are dead...
comic actor Brian Rix G2DQU.
Author James Follett G1LXP