When I was a kid in, I think it was 1959, my Dad bought me a Heathkit short wave radio. I did much of the soldering myself, with my Dad supervising. The radio w

When I was a kid in, I think it was 1959, my Dad bought me a Heathkit short wave radio. I did much of the soldering myself, with my Dad supervising. The radio worked and for years afterwards, I listened to long wavelength broadcasts from around the world. I had an antenna in our yard that was 30 feet off the ground, and we lived on a hill. I was amazed at what I could receive.