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How old are you?
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 |
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