Interest may have been started at the age of 3 when I bit into an extension
cord. Life altering event.

Long story for another day about how I got into ham radio, getting my ticket
in 67.

was an SWL for about 4 years and when I began to experiment with AC
convinced a local kid to hold different combinations of power cords until I
could see how he got "shocked" so I would not repeat his actions. When he
did get a shock he jumped so fast I was unable to note how he was holding
the wires.
Spent next 4 hours in my room alone per my mother

Woke my parents up at 6 AM one Sunday morning in 65 to tell them of my
invention of AM stereo. Dreams of fame, $$$$, appearance on "What's My Line"
and my picture on cover of PE, Boys Life and Look magazine filled my head.
Later learned that stereo and 2 speakers in parallel are different concepts.

53 here too and still dreaming of fame, $$$$, appearance on "What's My Line"
and my picture on cover of PE, Boys Life and Look magazine .

--
Carl
WA1KPD
Visit My Boatanchor Collection at
http://home.comcast.net/~chnord/wa1kpd.html

"clemenso" wrote in message
oups.com...
I am 59, but I was 39 when I got my first BA , an R-390A . And an SWL
from about age 9. Come to think of it, I did pick up an R1155 at age 19
which served me for many years.

Now, with 30-40 BA's, I think there are a couple of parameters that
tends to bracket the age group (with notable exceptions): You gotta
have some spare money (kids moved out?) , you gotta have some room
(do.) , but also you gotta be able to do the heavy lifting. Maybe there
is also the YL/XYL factor, when did we last hear about someone scoring
on the strength of their BA-collection? "Won't you come up and see my
boatanchors?"

Best,

Clemens S.Ostergaard
Aarhus
Denmark