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On Sun, 9 Mar 2025 00:20:19 -0500, c186282 wrote:

>    There's a huge tome called the "ARRL Radio Amateur's Handbook"
>    (sometimes several small tomes) that cover just EVERYTHING that is or
>    ever was in comm tech - from iron-filing 'detectors' and mechanical
>    sine-wave generators on up. Had one, lost it somewhere, very sad.
>    Vast practical knowledge between those covers.

I think mine is from '92. You need to start a little simpler though. How 
about a spark gap generator sending Morse code with a receiver built from 
a lead pencil and a Gillette Blue Blade? 

Early tech is fun. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Rhinebeck_Aerodrome

The last time I was there was in the '80s. A guy had built a Bleriot;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%A9riot_XI

It uses wing warping rather than ailerons. I asked him how he learned to 
fly it and he said you keep taxing a little faster and getting a few feet 
higher off the ground until you decide to go for it.