https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/61091186-796e-49f6-a0e7-b85e1b5b3b97 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. He also discusses Dick Smith foods, the loss of Australian manufacturers, and some old products like his "big dick" power supply! Shot at the Manly-Warringah Radio Society, Nov 19th 2014 http://www.mwrs.org.au/ NOTE: Reposted from my 2nd EEVBlog2 channel, as a lot of people would not have seen it. Forum: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/dick-smith-amateur-radio-adventure/?topicseen EEVblog Main Web Site: http://www.eevblog.com The 2nd EEVblog Channel: http://www.youtube.com/EEVblog2 Support the EEVblog through Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/eevblog EEVblog Amazon Store (Dave gets a cut): http://astore.amazon.com/eevblogstore-20 T-Shirts: http://teespring.com/stores/eevblog Donations: http://www.eevblog.com/donations/ Projects: http://www.eevblog.com/projects/ Electronics Info Wiki: http://www.eevblog.com/wiki/ 💗 Likecoin – Coins for Likes: https://likecoin.pro/@eevblog/dil9/hcq3 Thu, 14 May 2026 18:13:17 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/61091186-796e-49f6-a0e7-b85e1b5b3b97 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.