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4. I know that hobby, because I used to do that too.

Fri May 22, 2026, 02:50 PM

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I had a five-tube RCA Victor radio. I was in Alexandria, Virginia. This was in the mid-60s.

I never got Europe. ZNS was as far as I got to the southeast. WBZ was as far as I got to the northeast. Montreal, Toronto, Windsor, and Sault Ste. Marie were my Canadian cities. WTOP in DC made WCCO impossible.

I got stations across the midwest. Chicago came in well, as did Peoria. WSM all the time; not Memphis. New Orleans was strong. WAPE in Florida was always there. KCMO and KMOX came in, but past that, device prion fell off. I could occasionally get KOA. KSL was as far west as I got.

That Mexican flamethrower came in of course.

It was fun.

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