Dick Smith talks about how he got started, the early Dick Smith Electronics days, his round the world adventures in a helicopter, balloon, and plane, and how amateur HAM radio played a huge part in his adventures and saved his life. <br />He also discusses Dick Smith foods, the loss of Australian manufacturers, and some old products like his "big dick" power supply! <br /> <br />Shot at the Manly-Warringah Radio Society, Nov 19th 2014 <br />http://www.mwrs.org.au/ <br /> <br />NOTE: Reposted from my 2nd EEVBlog2 channel, as a lot of people would not have seen it. <br /> <br />Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/dick-smith-amateur-radio-adventure/?topicseen <br /> <br />EEVblog Main Web Site: http://www.eevblog.com <br />The 2nd EEVblog Channel: http://www.youtube.com/EEVblog2 <br /> <br />Support the EEVblog through Patreon! <br />http://www.patreon.com/eevblog <br /> <br />EEVblog Amazon Store (Dave gets a cut): <br />http://astore.amazon.com/eevblogstore-20 <br /> <br />T-Shirts: http://teespring.com/stores/eevblog <br /> <br />Donations: <br />http://www.eevblog.com/donations/ <br />Projects: <br />http://www.eevblog.com/projects/ <br />Electronics Info Wiki: <br />http://www.eevblog.com/wiki/
