[R-390] First radio thread

[Rick Popovich]

Such great memories have be evoked by all this reminiscing! 

My first radio was a kit I built as a freshman in high school - I don't
remember what brand it was, I built it all by myself & listened to it as
I watched the tubes glow - it was the ultimate nightlight!

- Rick

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[mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Grant Youngman
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 5:27 AM
To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [R-390] First radio thread

A lot of (most, all?) old radios have lost that radio version of the
"new car smell". I don't know of anything today that comes close to, or
has as much nostalgia, as that first whiff of a newly opened Heathkit
box.  Someone should have bottled that aroma :-)

My first radio?  Ocean Hopper. 

Grant/NQ5T

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On Aug 17, 2011, at 7:17 AM, William A Kulze <wak9 at cornell.edu> wrote:

> Doesn't sound funny to me, Cecil. The smell inside a radio, especially
when you get the soldering iron out, wow! Triggers all sorts of memories
and such!
> 
> Bill
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
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