"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 16:47:14 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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Hmmmm....used to have one of those.
Bit of nostalgia...
My first, circa 1955
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/bapix/S20R.html
Yeppers - never owned one, but one of my buddies did.
This was my very first shortwave radio I built in kit form.
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/bapix/Hal_S119.htm
I remember when I built it, the detector diode was blown so my Dad and
I went to Radio Shack in Boston and got several. There must have been
a difference, because that radio was HOT even on the built in whip
antenna.
I outgrew that one and managed to save enough money to get the SW-500.
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~postr/bapix/S120.html
By that time, I had my ticket and was using it as a standby receiver.
I still have it (had it recently restored) - modified to receive SSB.
Man, those were the days. Staying up late at night "working" AM
stations around the country. In those days, the SWL could write the
station, send a signal report with a brief description of the
programming and how long you listened and the station's Chief Engineer
would return a QSL card verifying that your information was correct
and a thanks for listening.
My very first one was a station in Des Moines, Iowa - a small, 1kw
(night time) country western station. I'd have to go through the QSL
card file to remember the call sign. One of my best shortwave ones
ever was Thailand - AM no less on a rainy Saturday. Took five weeks,
but I got the QSL card. :)
My Dad was a ham from the 1930's. Never got active again after the forced
shut down during WWII. In the 50's when I was 12 he bought me a kit from
Allied Radio. Looked about the same as your Sky Buddy except had plug in
coils for various frequency ranges.
That got my Dad started again and I progressed up the ranks from novice,
general and amateur extra. I haven't been active for many years. Except of
the CW banks it seemed that the rest of the frequency allocations turned
into a giant CB party.
Ahhh, the good ole days....