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I doubt that doc. It seemed every issue of Popular Electronics I got had something I just had to make!
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Brings back memories of driving into NYC and shopping the ham radio shops on Courtland St. piled high with parts, with my dad, a ham radio operator. I built a crystal set for my first project and at age ten, I was the youngest ham radio operator in the country I believe. As part of Civil defense called the WERS (War Emergency Radio Service), we had an Abbott TR4 short wave radio in our 1940 Pontiac and every Sunday, we drove around talking to the "tower" whose call letters were WJQU 1. We were WJQA 75. WW II was a heady and exciting time for a kid. Plane spotting on the high school roof, talking on the short wave radio.
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We all know that the Internet has been the culprit for many doors closing forever! A lot of businesses can not compete. The mom and pop stores are mostly all gone due to loss in profits caused by the Internet. How easy it is to set in the comfort of ones home and search the world for items they want. Price comparisons, free shipping getting stronger and no crowds to contend with. The Internet has done a lot of good, but it has also done a lot of damage and will continue doing so. We with our little old "foreign" cars have gained a tremendous advantage over the past, just finding and buying parts for our cars. On the bad side, my wife has a UPS delivery at least twice a week! Never should have bought her that Kindle! 
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On the bad side, my wife has a UPS delivery at least twice a week! Never should have bought her that Kindle!
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The big box stores have been closing small businesses longer than commerce on the internet. Home Depot, Walmart, Guitar Center, etc.
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Did ya build a "Roof Hopper"? 100MW CB transmitter (Dad's garage roof looked like an antenna farm). :wink:
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Never built Roof Hopper doc but lots of other "stuff" that fascinated a kids imagination. One I do remember building was a "locator" that I could find my model rockets with by tuning into my transistor radio and listening for a "tone" while walking in the woods.
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I'd forgotten about that practice. In my case it was the Korean war. I was very young when my father took me a few nights/week to "plane spot" on the town hall roof. We had a small hut and phoned in info on every plane that passed overhead. I was always terrified that one would be an enemy plane since the giant air raid siren was about 5 feet from the hut. I was more afraid of the siren going off than any actual attack.
