A couple of weeks ago, the Veritasium video, “The Big Misconception About Electricity” created quite a stir. If you’re interested in the physics of electricity, you might want to watch this yourself.
Also, he has almost 12 million subscribers on YouTube. If we could somehow convince him to do a video on amateur radio, it would get a lot of play. I’ve emailed him about this and am now waiting for a reply.
My question to you all is are there other video producers out there like Vertiasium who are doing something similar? I’ve been browsing YouTube for the last hour, and while there are a ton of videos on radio waves, for example, they’re all pretty dry, academic stuff. I want to find someone that can not only explain a topic, but spur a viewer’s imagination as well.
I know we have a bunch of amateur radio YouTubers, and they all do some great videos, but their audience are folks who already have amateur radio licenses. They’re preaching to the choir. I want someone who can produce a video that people outside the church will watch and convince them to join the congregation.
What do you think? Do you have any favorite video producers who might be able to pull this off? To sweeten the pot a little, let me remind you that I’m the Communications Manager for ARDC. We make grants to organizations and projects that promote and support amateur radio. If we find the right producer, funds might be available.
By the way
Dave Jones, of EEVBlog fame, has done a video on this topic, tackling it from an engineering point of view. It’s worth watching, if you’re interested in the topic.