Re: [Swprograms] Hello From New Subscriber

["Scott Royall" <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You'll fit right in here.

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> dx.com] On Behalf Of stevec038@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 17:25
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> Subject: [Swprograms] Hello From New Subscriber
>
> First I hope that I have sent this to the right place as the welcome
e-mail had several sites
> referenced for various purposes.
> My name is Steve Cross and I currently live in Midwest City, Oklahoma. I
grew up in the
> Army and have lived all over the world. Growing up the way I did, from
Europe to Asia,
> radio was and still is a big part of my life. My first exposure to SW was
pushing the pre-
> set buttons on a great big Telefunken Console Radio we bought while in
Germany in the
> early 50's. This was a real piece of furniture complete with a turntable,
record storage
> cupboard and drinks cabinet all in one unit. The sound of that tube driven
monoraul
> system was fantastic. The tuner face had all these fascinating city and
country names and
> you could go right to that country (if Dad had done the pre-setting). I'm
still listening but
> now I do my own pre-setting on a nice Eton 1 radio. (Like most SWL'ers, I
have several
> radio's, but this one is my everyday radio right now.)
> In between the two radios, Uncle Sam decided he wanted me for a few years,
then I spent
> 15 years as a teacher, both High School and College. Then 12 years as an
engineer in the
> automotive industry. Now I am more or less retired. Work when I want to
and don't if I
> don't want to. I spend time mainly taking care of my disabled wife as well
as reading,
> fishing, making my own radio equipment--where feasible, experimenting with
antennas
> and a few other things. There is a SW radio in every room of the house and
I don't go
> anywhere without one. I even regularly carry an Eton 100 with me on car
trips complete
> with a portable antenna. I even put a jack on the bottom of my car dash
board so that I
> can use the car antenna with the little Eton while I am waiting on my wife
at the doctor.
> I listen to SW for two primary reasons. News and information is my primary
reason for
> listening. It never ceases to amaze me how different the same news story
can sound from
> the BBC, VOA, VOR, RHC, AIR, RNL as opposed to NBC or CNN. My second
reason is-
> -it's fun, and has been for over 50 years.
> I hope this has not droned on too long as I could talk radio for hours.
> Thanks for reading.
> Steve Cross
>
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