[R-390] first radio thread

[Cecil Acuff]

That reminded me of another bit of my early history.  I didn't have a 
soldering iron but I did have a wood burning kit that some relative had 
given me as a gift.  Heck I learned that it would melt solder so that's what 
I learned to solder with.

I would bet you couldn't buy a wood burning set in todays world...

Cecil
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>
> I built a Knight Kit Ocean Hopper when I was nine years old. I'm proud
> to say that I did so solo, no friends or relatives knew a lick about
> electricity, electronics, or soldering. Taught myself to solder
> practicing on scraps of uninsulated copper and iron wire wire out of my
> grandfather's home shop.
>
> Clumsy, pudgy kid that I was, I came close to breaking my neck nearly
> falling off the ladder putting up a long wire.
>
> I couldn't have regarded that set as a more miraculous device had I been
> able to copy aliens from another galaxy. The sun spot cycle was peaking
> then, and the big Europe and Asia SW stations boomed in almost every
> night, even on a ultra-low end rig like what I had.
>
> Messing with it hooked me for life.
>
> Mike, WB5MYY
>
>
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