My sister's husband, and my best friend, was a ham radio operator most of his life. He caught the bug from his father, a scientist for Motorola. I could never understand the appeal, but he enjoyed it, which was all that mattered.
As was mine. He attended flight school, and the week before graduation they noticed they had an imbalance of pilots and navigators, pulled him and several others out to become navigators. He had to spend a lot of time on the radio.
My sister's husband, and my best friend, was a ham radio operator most of his life. He caught the bug from his father, a scientist for Motorola. I could never understand the appeal, but he enjoyed it, which was all that mattered.
I caught bug from my father who was a radio airman in WWII.
As was mine. He attended flight school, and the week before graduation they noticed they had an imbalance of pilots and navigators, pulled him and several others out to become navigators. He had to spend a lot of time on the radio.
Every ship had to have many people who could repair and operate radios. Essential!
Airships had the same need.
Aha. A ham radio operator! Cool!
elm
wanted to mess around with that when i was a kid but too poor
Now the little handhelds are less than $75!
Came across this today and thought of your ephemera post: https://www.theverge.com/23169321/commercial-pattern-archive-home-sewing-database
Growing up had so many and never thought of them, but YES.