This brings up more memories of how I got started listening to radio. My
grandfather was an EE who worked in the coal mines, and he had all the
latest gadgets. I was seven years old when he died, and his big pre-WWII
floor model American Bosch 8-tube radio with several short wave bands
got passed along to me. In addition to SWLing on the AM band, I found
Willis Conover's Jazz Hour on the Voice of America and a couple of ham
bands. Yes, WSM, but also late night jazz from WWL, WHO, WHAM, WMAQ,
WCFL, and WCCO. Jazz and ham radio became two life-long loves.
Jim K9YC
On Thu,8/18/2016 11:30 AM, jliving39@comcast.net wrote:
Back in early 50s when I built my first crystal radio and one tube regenerative
rcvr with plug in coils I used to go to the junk shops in E.Tn and buy old
console radios. They were huge with large, large speakers and power supplies.
That is how I kept my room warm at night. A lot of them had short wave
capability and were quite good in the commercial sw broadcast band. Used to
listen to Kitty Wells on WSM all the time.
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