Is There A Support Group Called "Radios Anonymous"??

Had a busy weekend.  My best friend M's parents were in town for the Mt. Beacon Ameateur Radio Club "Hamfest" (flea market for Ham Radio stuff) and they stayed with us for the weekend.  They are the kind of guests that are fun and easy to have - I love having them come stay with us.  M's father is a ham radio expert and was chastizing us for hardly using our radio privledges after getting our licenses last year (on my birthday no less - I wrote about that here).  In fact on Saturday we stopped in to visit him at the canoe race he was helping to provide ham radio communications for.

 

He had this really tall antenna pole set up so they could communicate with all the checkpoints of the canoe race.

      

The water was reeeeally cold, but it didn't stop DD from dipping her feet in.

   

    
We sat by the creek for awhile, it was so pretty.  This was right by the finish line for the canoe race so we also got to see people come down this last stretch paddling for all they were worth.  I'm not big on canoes.  My main experience in a canoe was on the ocean.  Yes, the ocean.  Not a good place to go as a beginner canoe-er.  I was with my brother.  We were young and stupid, but we lived.

 

M's father succeeded in getting me to talk on my radio.  

(I have a Yaesu FT 60 and it's a really nice radio for a beginner, I think.)

   

The next day we all went to the "Hamfest".  Obviously they have all sorts of amateur radio / ham radio equipment and such for sale, but lots of people have lots of other miscellaneous electronics to sell as well (everything from old telephones to cb radios and parts galore).  DH got us some cartop antennas for our ham radios, which we needed.  Here's what I bought...

  

Zenith G730 radio with tubes, likely from the 50s.

You see, I have this little problem. I love radios.  All kinds of radios.  I really try to use a lot of self control, but I do admit that I personally own quite a few more radios than the average person.  This is my first "antique" radio.  I saw it and I just instantly fell in love with it.  It was marked $20 but I got it for $15.  It's not in pristine condition or anything, but I love it.  DH dug up some antenna wire for me to improve the reception and that worked great.  Didn't your grandparents have a radio like this too?

Anyway, though my DH totally humors my "radio addiction", I wouldn't be surprised if this morning he started searching out a "Radios Anonymous" support group for me! :-P
 
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