wa6itf
06-02-2007, 06:50 PM
"Amateur Radio Today" produced by Dave Bell, W6AQ, myself and the late Alan Kaul, W6RCL -- and written by Alan -- has become the most watched ham radio video on www.youtube.com .
There are three postings of this show on YouTube. As of this writing, the one by YouTube member "Tomintexas" has garnered some 24,026 people have screened that particular upload. Another by a user named mrantisocialguy that has been screened 3700 time and the third by user VA3CSS that has been screened 1859 times. Adding all three postings together, "ART" as we call it has been viewed on YouTube a total of close to 30,000 times.
OK. Its no big "YouTube Record" At least not any record when you compare it to its award winning posters whose individual posts normally exceed 150,000 each. But very respectable for a special interest such as ours.
On a personal note, I consider this to be quite a tribute to the creative talent of Alan Kaul, W6RCL (S.K). Al not only developed the storyline, but also wrote every word of the script that Walter Cronkite read on camera. He had an amazing ability to "create" using words and pictures in ways that made you want to stay to the very last frame of videp and last word of audio.
I am only sorry that Alan is not with us to "enjoy the moment" and see the words of praise for his skill that viewers on YouTube have posted. Not just from the USA -- but from around the world. It would have made him happy to know how well his words and pictures have been received.
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Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF
There are three postings of this show on YouTube. As of this writing, the one by YouTube member "Tomintexas" has garnered some 24,026 people have screened that particular upload. Another by a user named mrantisocialguy that has been screened 3700 time and the third by user VA3CSS that has been screened 1859 times. Adding all three postings together, "ART" as we call it has been viewed on YouTube a total of close to 30,000 times.
OK. Its no big "YouTube Record" At least not any record when you compare it to its award winning posters whose individual posts normally exceed 150,000 each. But very respectable for a special interest such as ours.
On a personal note, I consider this to be quite a tribute to the creative talent of Alan Kaul, W6RCL (S.K). Al not only developed the storyline, but also wrote every word of the script that Walter Cronkite read on camera. He had an amazing ability to "create" using words and pictures in ways that made you want to stay to the very last frame of videp and last word of audio.
I am only sorry that Alan is not with us to "enjoy the moment" and see the words of praise for his skill that viewers on YouTube have posted. Not just from the USA -- but from around the world. It would have made him happy to know how well his words and pictures have been received.
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Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF