Subj : Back in the Strike Zone
To   : ED VANCE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed Jun 05 2024 08:30:00

> The neighbor also gave the manual for the radio.
> The manual showed a Schematic on it and since the radio didn't have a case I
> learned about electronics from looking at the Schematic and the underside of
> the radio (unplugged, of course).

That is a good way to learn.

> When I visited a school friend one day, he turned on the Hallicrafters S-38d
> and tund in WWV,  the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) Time Station, an
> that interested me enough that I desired to become a SWL too.

I remember listening to time stations... "at the sound of the tone..."  :)

> In High School he met a Ham and got his Novice License and a couple years late
> I got my Novice Ham License too.
> Sorta a copycat.

I never knew any HAMs until I got into BBSing, and had never realized that
amateurs could talk on the airwaves.

Mike

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