Thanks Ken and Roger,
To be honest, the first book that I ever bought out of my own pocket-money and (I had to save up for it) was a Ladybird book called Build Your Own Transistor Radio, PaulUK will know the book series I'm talking about, I still have it to this day.
That was back in the early 80's, but viva the book!!. [Linked Image]
Of course radio's were built when the weather was too sour to catch fish and and go hunting with your air-rifle.
My father will attest to all the long-wire antennas around the place.
I feel sorry for all the Secondary windings of a LOT of TV transformers that lost wire in all of my antenna experiments. [Linked Image]
Apparently my father is still finding copper wire in the trees.
That was another thing, climbing trees, you don't see kids doing that any more do you?. [Linked Image]


[This message has been edited by Trumpy (edited 08-27-2005).]