[Elecraft] Very NOT off topic, but...

[Tim and Nancy Logan]

Vic - I think that's about as ON topic as you can get! I thoroughly
enjoyed this note. I'm 52 but would love to read that little book and
get one for my nephew. where'd you find it! That was an inspiring post!
73/Tim Logan NZ7C

Vic Rosenthal wrote:
> 
> Today I bought a book for my grandson about ham radio.  It's called "Radio
> Rescue" by Lynne Barasch.  It's a true story about a boy becoming a ham in the
> 1920's learning Morse code, etc.  It's a book for little kids, 4-8 years old.
> 
> Why I'm mentioning it is that it totally captures the magic that brought me into
> radio almost 50 years ago.  I even made my XYL read it, on the grounds that it
> would help her understand why I'm nuts.  If you have a little kid or grandkid, I
> highly recommend it (no, I'm NOT related to the author).
> 
> Of course in those days transmitters were all scratchbuilt.  Today we have
> Elecraft (and others) to take the anxiety out of building equipment, but a lot
> of the magic is left in.  I know it's an unrealistic and unpopular view, but I
> wish it were a condition of the license that a ham had to construct his or her
> own equipment.
> 
> You can bet that my grandson will have some kind of kit to build as soon as he
> can hold a soldering iron!
> 
> Vic K2VCO
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