wrote

I don't believe one bit of it.

Gospel truth!

Learned Morse off the old 6V farm radio (a "cathedral" style Zenith with 5 or 6
bands --- we didn't get REA until I was in high school) at about age 8 or 9.
Wanted to know what all those beeps and boops were about on what turned out to
be the 8 and 12 MC marine bands. Fascinating stuff for a kid thousands of miles
from any ocean.

Ham radio interest came much later, introduced by my roomate as a college
freshman.

73, de Hans, K0HB