Steveo wrote:
If we all pitched in, we could put together a better portable
than that! Can you afford $250 for a -real- radio and antenna?

I would think you know better than to as "can you afford xxxxx". The
problem is time. Can I afford to learn how to use a radio and antenna?
Probably not. It will sit there and collect dust like my Roadrunner,
Corvette, and other various toys.

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Not to him who is offensive to us are we most
unfair, but to him who doth not concern us at all"
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