[R-390] First radio thread

[rkofler at aol.com]

My first SW radio was a 1938 model Zenith wood cabinet table model with 
the big multi colored round dial.

When I started to study for my Novice, I ordered a BFO coil from Miller 
Radio complete with instructions for adding an outboard BFO. My Novice 
station was the Zenith and a DX-20. That was in 1958, I think.

Then I acquired a 40M ARC5 RCVR. Then I delivered enough newspapers on 
my bicycle to buy an SX-71.

I wish I still had the Zenith, but in the mid 60s, in a weak moment, I 
traded it for a WWII US Navy Quartermaster glass, which I still have, 
but seldom use these days. I do still have my original J-37 key.

When I was a kid I used to haunt the local radio shop, a one man shop 
owned by a guy named Harry Romain. Harry was a very nice fella, and 
always had a cigar between his teeth. And to this day I can conjure up 
in my head the smell of tube radio shop mixed with cigar smoke. Better 
than any cologne.

Roger
K7DDG

























  		 	   		
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