Prologue
Bear with me as this blog emerges from the beginning, many moons ago, somewhat before the family got our first transistor radio, then television, 19" of glorious grayscale with twin speakers. As with many households of the era, before Sputnik, the centre of the sitting room was a radiogram (well, in winter it was also the fireplace), made by Philco it ran with valves, sported a record player deck and a large dial with many scales including one called "shortwave".
This was the seed, my portal to the rest of the world and beyond - so long as it could reach through the swirling and static of the aether. It initiated my journey from building a crystal set to relaying voices via the moon and listening to the faint rumblings of a supernova remnant star.Central to this has always been a passion for wireless, something that can be with you at home and away, operating in every environment, delivering communication, news, music, pictures with neither barrier nor tether.
