My Other Hobby (one of them anyway)

[dan]

I retired last year after teaching college radio for 26 years, and I've always loved old-time radio (Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, the Lone Ranger, like that).

So I was ecstatic the day my old-time radio hobby merged with my metal detecting hobby.

I found what I thought was a token of some kind, but after I cleaned it up, it turned out to be a 1935 Radio Orphan Annie Decoder Wheel! (Like the Ovaltine Secret Decoder Ralphie had in A Christmas Story):

[RickO]

Very cool.. and looks in good condition as well. RickO

[TimC]

Dan, do you do any ham radio? That's my other hobby.

[geodawn]

That's a real neat find! "Remember kids, drink your Ovaltine!"

[dan]

Originally Posted by TimC

Dan, do you do any ham radio? That's my other hobby.

My ham call is N9XDK, I'm a no-code technician but I haven't been active for several years except to be the auctioneer for the local ham club's annual sale.

I do my long-distance communication via the internet nowadays.

I ran a college radio station for 26 years. I picked up a ham license mainly because I had an FCC First Class Radiotelephone license, so the test for the Ham tech license was pretty easy - I'd already llearned all the material (except for the few laws that pertained exclusively to amateur radio) when I prepared for the First Class test.

[DougF]

Leaping Lizards !!! That's a great find.

[dan]

Doug, don't tell me - you wore a red wig and played Annie in your local high school musical, right?

[DougF]

Originally Posted by dan

Doug, don't tell me - you wore a red wig and played Annie in your local high school musical, right?

No, I played Sandy...arf, arf