[AMRadio] Membership

[donroden at hiwaay.net]

> My interest in AM radio started as a teenager listening to Dick Biondi 
> on WLS-AM in the early 60s.  That lead to a 55 year career in 
> Broadcasting AM, FM, and TV ( tv paid the bills )  bUt my love has 
> always been Tube / Big-iron AMs.
> 
> I feel like the old-time steam train engineers must have felt when they 
> saw the first diesel engine pull into the switch yard.
> 
> My kids and grandkids can't understand how I can listen through all of 
> the static and powerline buzz , but I just don't hear the noise.
> 
> I still maintain several PWM AMs for small mom and pop operators and 
> they don't want me to retire.
> 
> Same with ham radio.. I still have a Johnson Valiant but it doesn't get 
> as much use as it used to.
> 
> And Yes.. we are getting old.       W4DNR