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The allure of radio, and an impressionable mind.
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Published on October 23, 2012
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The allure of Radio, and an impressionable mind.
Some people find my Ham radio hobby real strange, and wonder just why i am so fascinated with the whole thing. when asked about why i do what i do, the short answer is always the same. It is simply "magic". How else could i explain, without getting lost in all the details, how and why i love radio so much ? I could go on for hours, explaining how it all works, how signals are bounced off the atmosphere, how with just a handful of parts, you can listen to little bits of electricity that are bouncing around in the air, producing sound through a speaker, for our entertainment. I wont even get into the whole "radio spectrum" topic. That is a subject for another article, somewhere down the line.
For me, radio has always been magic. Even as a child, growing up in the Suburbs of Southern California, radio was a big part of my life. I would take the AM tabletop radio, that was from the tube era, and connect wire to the antenna terminal in the back, and in the evenings i could listen to radio signals from all over the country. Sure, my dad thought i was nut's, but nurtured and accepted my new-found passion for radio. About the only time he would complain was when i got a bit over abundant with the wire, and he would walk through it, while mumbling something under his breath.
I guess, the long and short answer would have to be the same, now that i ponder the question more in depth. For me, it is still "Magic".
Some people find my Ham radio hobby real strange, and wonder just why i am so fascinated with the whole thing. when asked about why i do what i do, the short answer is always the same. It is simply "magic". How else could i explain, without getting lost in all the details, how and why i love radio so much ? I could go on for hours, explaining how it all works, how signals are bounced off the atmosphere, how with just a handful of parts, you can listen to little bits of electricity that are bouncing around in the air, producing sound through a speaker, for our entertainment. I wont even get into the whole "radio spectrum" topic. That is a subject for another article, somewhere down the line.
For me, radio has always been magic. Even as a child, growing up in the Suburbs of Southern California, radio was a big part of my life. I would take the AM tabletop radio, that was from the tube era, and connect wire to the antenna terminal in the back, and in the evenings i could listen to radio signals from all over the country. Sure, my dad thought i was nut's, but nurtured and accepted my new-found passion for radio. About the only time he would complain was when i got a bit over abundant with the wire, and he would walk through it, while mumbling something under his breath.
I guess, the long and short answer would have to be the same, now that i ponder the question more in depth. For me, it is still "Magic".
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