[HBR] Checking In -- And A Recommendation

[waltah at earthlink.net]

Those of us who are still working probably think retirement brings a 
chance for much more radio ...    Be forewarned -- it can instead be 
just a new job you can do from home but for which you don't get 
paid.   In my case, retirement has been stolen by animal rights 
fanatics and the sometimes well-meaning naive folks who support 
them ... people who seriously want to make it impossible to breed 
or even own pets or any other sort of animal.   Sharyn and I are up 
to here in the nationwide fight to see that our kids and their kids 
will still be able to own dogs and cats, hunt, fish, and the rest.   

She just relayed from a friend that there are AR bills pending in 32 
state legislatures at the moment.   You thought HSUS was 
'respectable' and PETA 'cute'?   Naw ... they got my retirement and 
I'm *not* happy about it.

In spare moments I still think about radio projects -- maybe next 
winter when the outdoor work slows down?  

The recommendation -- at least to anyone who expects to do more 
than build an existing design -- is to find yourself a copy of G. R. B. 
Thornley (G2DAF)'s 'Communication Receivers.'   This is *head and 
shoulders* above anything else I've read on the subject of ham 
receiver design and construction practice.   The material was 
printed first as a series of seven articles in the R.S.G.B. Bulletin, 
July-November 1960 and March-April 1961.   It was reprinted by the 
R.S.G.B. as one of their publications at a later date.   

Simply an amazingly knowledgible guy and an amazing writer.   
Clear, detailed, specific ... you won't be disappointed!

Walt Hutchens
KJ4KV