>
>> My grandfather had a surplus Hallicrafters short wave receiver at his
>> house in Maine. I used to spend hours tucked in the corner with that thing.
>> (Surplus headphones as well.) The Boston Marine Operator was particularly
>> interesting. She/they were unflappable. Always a treat to get something
>> neat on a skip, such as something out of Australia.
>>
>> Listened to a lot of dits and dahs, comfortable in the absence of
>> knowledge that within a few years I would be intimate with such
>> communications methodologies, and able to undertake copying them while
>> being shot at. <g>
>>
>>
>My first SW receiver was one of the transistorized portable units. After I
>discovered the wonderful world of Heathkit, I built the SW-717 and used
>that for years. I think I still have it on a shelf, although I'm not sure
>it works anymore. In addition to my ham gear, I have a Yaesu FRG-7 that I
>inherited from my dad. If my nephew ever shows an interest in radio, I'll
>set up an antenna for him and let him have it.
>
My first SW receiver was a Heathkit GR-64, and I still have it. Got my 10
and 25 countries certificates with it. I was using it to listen to Radio
Prague the night that the Warsaw Pact overran the Check frontier. I later
graduated to a Heathkit GR-78, which I also still have. About 12 years ago I
came across a GR-54 and then an SB-310 (the SWBC version of the SB-301). I
have the SB-310 in my lab room for listening when I'm tinkering.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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