Hello, When I was 6 or 7 my father bought me a crystal diode radio, and a book about radio. Two years or so later we built a 6 transistor AM radio kit by Heathkit. That lead to CB (the boom in the 70's) and after moving to DL, one of the kids in new school was a HAM .... BTW: My Father was not a HAM but an overworked microbiologist looking for something to do with his son. vy 73 de toby