Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail
From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Kilowatts
Date: 15 Jan 2025 05:59:40 GMT
Lines: 32
Message-ID: <lup16cF9d5rU2@mid.individual.net>
References: <181a03da127b916c$17153$2732928$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>
	<luih0aF353nU2@mid.individual.net>
	<fu58ojh272qleuv48jmi4745hilt7cuvt4@4ax.com> <vm17d5$1d59e$1@dont-email.me>
	<pan$c7ab8$d3c21c62$5cab7b0e$84c9acd5@linux.rocks>
	<vm3j54$1snhp$1@dont-email.me>
	<181a529a6195ab52$103014$443765$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>
	<vm3tsj$2188d$1@dont-email.me>
	<pan$1f046$151ebdb4$46ecd6c1$42c4eec@linux.rocks>
	<lulmspFk2qvU2@mid.individual.net>
	<cebboj1itu2qti1mmnk11bdm4f268hsef8@4ax.com> <vm4jee$24c03$1@dont-email.me>
	<pan$4b66f$8b879a38$c9fdef08$a007c6eb@linux.rocks>
	<vm5p5e$2e3vm$1@dont-email.me>
	<181a940f7adb322d$2009$2484$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>
	<vm67nj$2gq6u$1@dont-email.me>
	<181aa2e783f6507c$101945$292657$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>
	<vm6brg$2gmp1$1@dont-email.me> <luo747F10p6U2@mid.individual.net>
	<luoedkF6gdtU1@mid.individual.net> <luogqlF6geaU2@mid.individual.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Trace: individual.net 3I5Wr+yaH6PHAVHB5kgiSwUF6PUr2mXcLEhUZMtEpiRQCJ/Znn
Cancel-Lock: sha1:BAGvo1wR/f2Yj1zLl/DO01qsUUY= sha256:9ZpaELqcFlOcTg/4IjH2QElr7AVL58YsysBtyoZbjOw=
User-Agent: Pan/0.155 (Kherson; fc5a80b8)
Bytes: 2951

On 15 Jan 2025 01:20:21 GMT, vallor wrote:

> As an avid SWL, the HF propagation experience helped a lot with my
> Radioman rating in the CG.
> 
> Could also hear quite a bit about what was going on in the world, thanks
> to having a very, very long longwire antenna.  Building that was how Dad
> taught me to differentiate between physical connections and electrical
> connections.  Made from zip-cord, it went out the window, up a tree,
> then out to a pole at one corner of the yard, then across to another
> pole at the other end of the yard.  Great for DX listening.

I don't remember the brand but I had a hand-me-down radio from the era 
when radios were large, decorative pieces of furniture. It had band 
switches and a complex semi-circular dial plus the magic eye.

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

We had a big old elm tree in the backyard that was convenient, and long as 
I didn't foul my mother's clotheslines. 

We also had a TV early in the game. Fortunately there was a TV station to 
go with it.

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

I sort of miss those home-grown shows like the Freddie Freihofer Show.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/catch-me-now/3500325341

For that matter, I miss Freihofer's in general. They made excellent 
chocolate chip cookies and hot cross buns during Lent.