[TenTec] Entry level for boys

[Jim Brown]

This brings up more memories of how I got started listening to radio. My 
grandfather was an EE who worked in the coal mines, and he had all the 
latest gadgets. I was seven years old when he died, and his big pre-WWII 
floor model American Bosch 8-tube radio with several short wave bands 
got passed along to me. In addition to SWLing on the AM band, I found 
Willis Conover's Jazz Hour on the Voice of America and a couple of ham 
bands. Yes, WSM, but also late night jazz from WWL, WHO, WHAM, WMAQ, 
WCFL, and WCCO. Jazz and ham radio became two life-long loves.

Jim K9YC

On Thu,8/18/2016 11:30 AM, jliving39 at comcast.net wrote:
> Back in early 50s when I built my first crystal radio and one tube regenerative rcvr with plug in coils I used to go to the junk shops in E.Tn and buy old console radios.  They were huge with large, large speakers and power supplies.  That is how I kept my room warm at night.  A lot of them had short wave capability and were quite good in the commercial sw broadcast band.  Used to listen to Kitty Wells on WSM all the time.