"R Neutron" wrote in message 4 or 5 years ago my
brother and I bought my father a grundig 800. He
is a ww2 vet, Navy signalman and loved to listen to morse. He had
always asked me if I was interested in SW and at the time being
possesed by the internet I thought it (SW) was a dying interest only
taken to by guys like my dad. Well as ill health has taken much of
his mobility he gave me the 800 (about 4 mos ago). Well to cut to
the chase I now have my own little mini-shack next to my pc and I'm
loving it. To work the dials in the dark of the late evening,
pulling in some radio broadcast from the other side of the planet is
something I find hard to explain! My once flat and clean Passport now
dogeared and smudged attest to my late hours. I don't listen to any
sw from the net as I kind of want to keep it the way it is. My father
by the way most vicariously shares my "new" found interest. Sure
things will change over time...I have,,good listening RN

Yep its just plain fun and you never know what you will find in the ether.
SW fuels the imagination unlike any other medium and when it is gone nothing
will ever replace it.
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73 Brian
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There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant
never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare
to die.

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