dxAce wrote:

sctvguy1 wrote:

On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:47:10 -0400, dxAce wrote:

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I got started again back in '81 or '82 or so with a Yaesu FRG-7700.

Originally my Dad built me a Knight Kit Star Roamer in 1966 and my first
QSL is from January of 1967.

What got me going again was digital readout... that was the key to it
all. No guessing, find the frequency, and listen.

I also had a Star Roamer, got it from a radio guy who restores old radios
in Orlando. It was stone deaf!
I started SWL'ing in the 6th grade, around 1963. I got the usual "big"
station QSLs, i.e., BBC, DW, Radio Moscow, Prague, Bulgaria, Spain,
Vatican, Peking, Havana, etc. I still have them in a shoe box. I also
had the Electronics Illustrated "SWL Certificate" that was given by the
magazine, the editor was a bearded guy, can't remember his name.

Wow, I have a couple of those Electronics Illustrated certificates myself.

I have one for hearing 6 Continents, dated February 10, 1970, and one for
hearing 10 Countries, dated May 21, 1968, both signed (stamped) by Robert G.
Beason, editor.

Both measure about 8 x 5.




I got back into SWL when I was in the USAF, stationed at Keesler AFB,
MS. While on TDY with my C-130 crewmates at Nellis AFB, NV, I went and
bought a new FRG-7. I thought it was the greatest thing since
cornflakes! I kept if for a few years, giving it to a MSgt who was
really into SWL, but only had a Panasonic portable. After that, he
always made sure that I had the best inlight lunch(for free) and other
little perks. I miss that radio, it was a classic.