[Elecraft] Mojo

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Hi Kevin:

You've already gotten a number of more knowledgeable replies than I
could give you about "mojo". 

I never knew the word before bumping into the Elecraft reflector. 

But I know there is something...

I first experienced it when I found the "sensitive" spot on the galena
crystal and heard the faint sound of a "big band" coming from KFXM nine
miles away from my home back in the 1940's. 

I know I felt it inside when my Dad beamed with pride listening to
signals on a regenerative receiver that I built all by myself. 

I know it was there when I got my first answer as a Ham to a signal from
my 6V6 oscillator. 

I know that it is addictive. Very addictive.

 I keep looking for ways to make it come back. Get what people so aptly
describe today as another "rush" when that unknown thing works its
spell. 

I have a hunch that a LOT of people building K-rigs got it when they
first heard signals and when they first made contacts with them. 

I did. I felt it - whatever it is. 

All these years, since I strained to hear Benny Goodman's band on the
crystal set when I could have turned on the big Philco console in the
living room, there has been something special about a radio that I built
that went far beyond simple reason.  Searching for it, whatever "it" is,
is why I mess about with radios at all.

And I have a hunch that you know just what I am talking about, Kevin! 

I thought that maybe THAT was what folks here were calling "mojo". 


Ron AC7AC

PS. There are no "dumb questions". 


A dumb question from downunder, Ron:

What is mojo?

Thanks
Kevin
VK3DAP