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Equipment / Re: What Radio Did you start your listening hobby with?
« on: November 08, 2012, 1513 UTC »
Enjoying this thread.
The SWL bug bit me in 2005, and I got an Eton e10 for Christmas that year. Listened to a lot of stuff (mostly SW broadcast) with a longwire on that little thing, from Brooklyn, NY. I don't exactly remember the radio fondly, but it got me started, and the bug burrowed deeper. Less than six months later I had my ham ticket, and bought a Yaesu FT-757GX at a hamfest upstate. I was eager to get on the air myself ... but the damn thing had a broken TX. So I was back to listening, though now with a much better receiver. Started listening to pirates, which peaked around Halloween 2008. My now-wife and I then decided to move to Alabama, and radio took a backseat while I established myself anew. Recently got back into HF, finally, with anew shack setup for listening and ham stuff. Still pretty bare-bones, but having a blast.
The SWL bug bit me in 2005, and I got an Eton e10 for Christmas that year. Listened to a lot of stuff (mostly SW broadcast) with a longwire on that little thing, from Brooklyn, NY. I don't exactly remember the radio fondly, but it got me started, and the bug burrowed deeper. Less than six months later I had my ham ticket, and bought a Yaesu FT-757GX at a hamfest upstate. I was eager to get on the air myself ... but the damn thing had a broken TX. So I was back to listening, though now with a much better receiver. Started listening to pirates, which peaked around Halloween 2008. My now-wife and I then decided to move to Alabama, and radio took a backseat while I established myself anew. Recently got back into HF, finally, with anew shack setup for listening and ham stuff. Still pretty bare-bones, but having a blast.
