Radio

Well to be honest I am new to the radio game. I do remember when I was ten or older a friend of my mum and dads was into ham radio. I thought this was amazing, I remember seeing the QSL cards that this person had, including one from East Germany and I really thought this was cool.

But in looking back, I think my interest began much earlier, with a radio receiver that my grandmother had. I can remember little of this set other than it was white, and had many knobs. The two things I do remember receiving on this radio, was the local constabulary talking about a stolen mini, and the Russian woodpecker. I found out what the “woodpecker” was from the show on the BBC many years ago “Tomorrows World”.

Anyway I digress, at home, in the near the City of Melbourne, with a basic wire dipole, I can pick up little other than noise, and faintly the odd voice, of which due to the noise I can’t make head of tails of.

I guess this is what one gets in world where cheap electronics spew out electrical noise. And possibly the trams running on their DC current also could be responsible.

Though to be honest, It could be all my electrical equipment in my room too.

In the end I guess I need a better antenna at home.

~Ivy

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