[TenTec] Entry level for boys

[K8mp at aol.com]

Jim, My “SWLing” got started on the AM  broadcast band. Someone in our 
neighborhood gave me a Zenith receiver. (Not sure  of its vintage) It was BCB 
only and it ran off AC or DC but I never had  batteries for it. One thing 
that distinguished it was a removable loop antenna  that was on a feedline 
about six feet long. It was called the Zenith Wave Magnet  and it had a large 
suction cup on it so you could mount it remotely. That loop  was super 
directional and the radio was super sensitive.  
I added head phones to it and at  night, I’d hide it under the covers with 
me and listen to stations all across  the USA. 
Joe, K8MP
 
 
In a message dated 8/21/2016 3:09:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com writes:

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