[SCCC] AM days

[k6xt]

My AM days were short and unremarkable. In 1958/59, cherubic faced fresh 
from high school and novice licensee KN0WJJ (another FINE CW call), I 
took a job assisting the ham radio sales staff at Lew Bonn Co., a retail 
outlet in Minneapolis. Actually I was supposed to sell too. Ignoramus 
that I was, I can clearly remember trying to convince seasoned radio 
vets to forget that new faddy SSB and stick with AM! In short, talk them 
out of buying a new radio! This from a kid who'd never been on anything 
but CW in the novice bands with my Eico 720 and a Knight kit receiver. 
The little I knew about either mode began and ended with WCCO and the 
other AM broadcast stations. My boss was most assuredly upset with my 
antics.

-- 
73 Art K6XT~~
Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.
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