Very good story. You're just a little older than me. Sounds like you love radio as much as I did. I gave up on it about 12-15 years ago. I became disabled then and just could no longer afford to buy transceivers and goodies as stuff went down. I also live in an unbelievable valley. It is an ancient riverbed that cuts through one of the Appalachian foothills. Total dead-zone. Thanks for the feel good story.
Thanks for sharing Giles. I started with a Galena crystal set in a storm cellar which was my radio room. the Allied Radio Catalog kept me poor busy and happy! 73's
good am, been subscribed to your channel for barely a few months now, thanks for sharing a little of your history, all the while, I thought I am one of the few who is possessed by the beauty and power of radios, been collecting radios since I was a kid, but only am and fm radios, but unfortunately I lost them due to the fact that I move from one place to another, until by chance I happened to watched your channel and my interest in radios just became alive again, I started to look for and salvage whatever is remaining from my handful of my few collections of portable radios, one of them is a Sony Icf sw 11, another one is also a Sony 1cf p26, I never knew that 1cf sw11 is a sw and lw receiver until I saw your videos which somehow opened my ears to shortwave listening, you taught me how to improvise a wire antenna with alligator clips and I was able to appreciate shortwave listening, though I have a lot to learn in that field, before I love to listen to am stations only, you and your channel have been very helpful for people like me, all is not too late for me and I believe I am not too old to learn the beauty and art of shortwave listenning, I have a lot to learn, thank you very much for continuously sharing your knowledge and thoughts, more power to you and your channel sir and warmest regards to you and is mr paul ok? kudos from the philippines! 73's!!
I know this post is 5 years old, but I must say my favorite part is the story of your father. Love the videos and that your are living your dream. Thanks Jim from Georgia
Great stuff. I've been enjoying a lot of your PL990 content. Like the rest of the internet, I bought something and then did more "research" to validate my purchase. Luckily it seems I did ok.
Great, I am twenty years older than you but I used to like fiddling with the SW band on my radio when I was younger but didn’t understand what it was, I think many radios included SW back then, and also tuning into local utility/police broadcasts on FM back in the 70s I think. Just started to get back into SW now in my retirement and have purchased a Tecsun PL-680, due to be delivered tomorrow.
Great video! It was nice to hear about your background in radio and electronics. It makes for very casual listening. 🙂 I believe I had my 1st radio (Portable AM) when I was around 7 years old. I was yardsaling with my parents, and they bought it for me. It came with a leather case. That is what got me started with radios and electroncs. I have a couple of police scanners, CB radios, and my 1st shortwave radio will be arriving soon.
What A Great Story.. It Brings back so many of my own memories . Oh man that Radio shack catalog and how much my Dad and I Would Check out all the cool Radios and Gadgets in it.. Like you said back in the Early 80s the Sw Dial was So full of broadcasts. Thanks for Sharing Brother!
Hi, your story is very interisting because is just like mine. I started with a only MW Radio which I bought in the age of 10. From this time on I had the radio fever. Now at the age of 50 I own about 20 Radios a I've built me a little cabin in the garden away from QRM with different antennas. Thanks for sharing your story. It was fun to see that I'm not the only one whose infected by this virus. All the best to you and good DX from germany. 73's
Great 👍 👌 story. I have been following your more recent TH-cam videos about reception and SW equipment, which has been very helpful to me. I am kind of an old timer, being 77 and having an interest in electronics since 1960, when I was 16, and in High School, starting with MW, then SW, with a Hallicrafters SX-110, from an old time Radio Shack store. Then I moved on to Amateur Radio in 1962 to this day. Thank you. 😊 73 de W2CH, Ray
No I like your video i am the same way ,I use to have a dx160 radio shack I loved ,and I regret selling ,my last marriage cost me everything I loved ,so I been starting over,I have the same fruit portable as you ,I also love old tube radios,which are harder to find ,but I love the warm sound from them.maybe someday I will buy a better long distance radio ,I think when we are young radios are something boy gravitate towards ,and when we get older we just want better version of our hobby .thanks for your video
It is a nice story Gilles! We all have a story to tell when it comes to how radio came into our lives! Thanks for sharing yours! Keep up the great work you do! Seems the vhf uhf channel didnt take off unfortunately, i just tried to check it out, I also own a radio shack scanner since 1998, mainly to listen the air band. 73 amigo!
Nice story my friend, and fun that you have a NRK sticker on the dx100 I have a few receivers myself including the 8500, been listening to radio like you from the early seventies and still enjoy it very much Regards Jorn, Norway
Awesome story, we are the same age it seems and I can relate 100% . This was a great time to grow up ! Your father sounds wonderful, I have one also ✝️🇺🇸🤙🏻🅰️
Good video on how you got into the hobby. Are you a ham radio operator too or just a listener? I went from my first shortwave radio to being a ham radio operator in less than a year. I was in my early 20s at the time, and wish I had gotten into it earlier but didn't know it existed before then. I'm also in IT as a network administrator, and I'm going to guess it's probably fairly common for a lot of people in IT to also like other electronics, including radio. Good to hear you also have a vhf and above channel now too, which I also like but don't us it that often anymore since Houston, TX went to digital trunking last year. I do get on 2m ssb occasionally and am amazed sometimes how far out it reaches.
I am now a ham operator ... but I think i'll be looking into it this year... would like to operate on HF and have contacts all over the world. i'll be posting videos on how I did it and when I get my license..
Thank you for sharing. My first RX is secondhand Yaesu FRG-7000, which I bought in late 80's. I spent to my two-month summer vacation to get afford it. It's still working in my attic.
You now I still love my DX 100 . and not just because It was my first ... but also because I worked so had in getting the money to buy it .. like you for your FRG .. 73
For some reason I am becoming nostalgic about older radios. They also seem to work better than a lot of newer radios. I also loved the radio shack catalogs as a kid.
My story is similar. I started listening 1965 on a new Halicrafters S120 that I earned money to buy. I would tune around and the programs that would come in. It was then that I realized what we were taught in school was only a piece of the truth. Arnie Coro RHC was a favorite and still is. I still have that S120 but listen on a Tecsun S2000 with a MLA30 antenna. Reception is quite good. Other night I had a guy in Vancouver 14313 usb talking clear as could be to another in Quebec. Like they were next door.
Keep up posting vid´s :) I´ve been a ham operator for about a year now also starting with listening and a couple of months later me and my brother got a license. Love your channels. Maybe we will hear each other on HF in the future, grats on the license btw :) 73´s OZ5RS
I agree with U 💯 percent.... Shortwave is not active as it was when I was a kid in the 1970s...I wanted a radio that had every band... from LW to Cellular...I had my first Multi Band in 1975... With AM FM CB SW1 SW2 AIR PB...it was Candy to me....than I got the Pro 2004 radio from radio shack in the United States....to get the 800-1300mhz band...it was my Gateway to the High Bands....than in the later 80s to the early 90s I got into satellite Dish tv ...wow that was amazing to see tv from Europe and Asia 🌏...That was when I was in California...now I DX LW MW ans and SW and internet...The UHF band is dead now because of digital.. that is a bummer
Cool video, and that is quite the collection! Maby do a series where you do short explanations on each of your radios, or at least say you top five radios that you own.
Hi Gilles. Brian in thunder bay..........i have a r-5000 with the dots issue do you know someone i can send it to to get it fixed and realigned? thanks
Same thing here, I bought a older realistic single side band shortwave I knew what shortwave was but I had never mess with single side band and wow it had all the meters I felt like instant ham man. Don't care for FM VHF repeater UHF that much but I do have some I like HF I've got a Cobra CB radio that has a HF setting.and I do know that citizens bad used to be part of the ham frequency anyway very interesting stuff I'm trying to figure out what I have to do to this Cobra to make it work with HF I believe it's all in the antenna because I can receive CB signals with it turned onto HF with the regular antenna
I been in to dx since I was 10.. TV first..than Shortwave...i had a Multi Band.with...AM FM MB and SW...than I got a real multi band for my birthday from my dad ..with more bands..this was in the 1970s..than later I more radios...but I would break the dial cord.that was a bad thing...than I made my own VHF with a old AM and FM....it is now 2021.. I am still...on the bands!!!..also the net
Very good story. You're just a little older than me. Sounds like you love radio as much as I did. I gave up on it about 12-15 years ago. I became disabled then and just could no longer afford to buy transceivers and goodies as stuff went down. I also live in an unbelievable valley. It is an ancient riverbed that cuts through one of the Appalachian foothills. Total dead-zone. Thanks for the feel good story.
Thank you :)
Thanks for sharing Giles. I started with a Galena crystal set in a storm cellar which was my radio room. the Allied Radio Catalog kept me poor busy and happy! 73's
We're the same age, living in the same city! Love the channel.
good am, been subscribed to your channel for barely a few months now, thanks for sharing a little of your history, all the while, I thought I am one of the few who is possessed by the beauty and power of radios, been collecting radios since I was a kid, but only am and fm radios, but unfortunately I lost them due to the fact that I move from one place to another, until by chance I happened to watched your channel and my interest in radios just became alive again, I started to look for and salvage whatever is remaining from my handful of my few collections of portable radios, one of them is a Sony Icf sw 11, another one is also a Sony 1cf p26, I never knew that 1cf sw11 is a sw and lw receiver until I saw your videos which somehow opened my ears to shortwave listening, you taught me how to improvise a wire antenna with alligator clips and I was able to appreciate shortwave listening, though I have a lot to learn in that field, before I love to listen to am stations only, you and your channel have been very helpful for people like me, all is not too late for me and I believe I am not too old to learn the beauty and art of shortwave listenning, I have a lot to learn, thank you very much for continuously sharing your knowledge and thoughts, more power to you and your channel sir and warmest regards to you and is mr paul ok? kudos from the philippines! 73's!!
I know this post is 5 years old, but I must say my favorite part is the story of your father. Love the videos and that your are living your dream. Thanks Jim from Georgia
Great stuff. I've been enjoying a lot of your PL990 content. Like the rest of the internet, I bought something and then did more "research" to validate my purchase. Luckily it seems I did ok.
Great, I am twenty years older than you but I used to like fiddling with the SW band on my radio when I was younger but didn’t understand what it was, I think many radios included SW back then, and also tuning into local utility/police broadcasts on FM back in the 70s I think. Just started to get back into SW now in my retirement and have purchased a Tecsun PL-680, due to be delivered tomorrow.
Great video! It was nice to hear about your background in radio and electronics. It makes for very casual listening. 🙂
I believe I had my 1st radio (Portable AM) when I was around 7 years old. I was yardsaling with my parents, and they bought it for me.
It came with a leather case. That is what got me started with radios and electroncs. I have a couple of police scanners, CB radios, and my 1st shortwave radio will be arriving soon.
What A Great Story.. It Brings back so many of my own memories .
Oh man that Radio shack catalog and how much my Dad and I Would
Check out all the cool Radios and Gadgets in it..
Like you said back in the Early 80s the Sw Dial was So full of broadcasts.
Thanks for Sharing Brother!
Lovely story Gilles. We are spoilt with options these days but no one ever makes the perfect radio. 🤷♂️
Hi, your story is very interisting because is just like mine. I started with a only MW Radio which I bought in the age of 10. From this time on I had the radio fever. Now at the age of 50 I own about 20 Radios a I've built me a little cabin in the garden away from QRM with different antennas. Thanks for sharing your story. It was fun to see that I'm not the only one whose infected by this virus. All the best to you and good DX from germany. 73's
Great 👍 👌 story. I have been following
your more recent TH-cam videos about
reception and SW equipment, which has
been very helpful to me.
I am kind of an old timer, being 77 and
having an interest in electronics since 1960,
when I was 16, and in High School, starting
with MW, then SW, with a Hallicrafters SX-110, from an old time Radio Shack store.
Then I moved on to Amateur Radio in 1962
to this day. Thank you. 😊 73 de W2CH, Ray
No I like your video i am the same way ,I use to have a dx160 radio shack I loved ,and I regret selling ,my last marriage cost me everything I loved ,so I been starting over,I have the same fruit portable as you ,I also love old tube radios,which are harder to find ,but I love the warm sound from them.maybe someday I will buy a better long distance radio ,I think when we are young radios are something boy gravitate towards ,and when we get older we just want better version of our hobby .thanks for your video
Wonderful story! You're a good man. Thanks for sharing.
It is a nice story Gilles! We all have a story to tell when it comes to how radio came into our lives! Thanks for sharing yours! Keep up the great work you do! Seems the vhf uhf channel didnt take off unfortunately, i just tried to check it out, I also own a radio shack scanner since 1998, mainly to listen the air band. 73 amigo!
Oh my God I haven't seen the Realistic name in forty years ! Nice to see .Do you remember ETCO electronics in down town Montreal ?
Nice story my friend, and fun that you have a NRK sticker on the dx100
I have a few receivers myself including the 8500, been listening to radio like you from the early seventies and still enjoy it very much
Regards Jorn, Norway
Great story. It always starts with one radio, then you’re hooked!
Awesome story, we are the same age it seems and I can relate 100% . This was a great time to grow up ! Your father sounds wonderful, I have one also ✝️🇺🇸🤙🏻🅰️
Gilles your Dx 1000 shortwave with ssb receiver is cool
Love the details about how you got into radio! It's fun to hear others stories and I really enjoy your channel. Thanks for all the vids and details.
Good video on how you got into the hobby. Are you a ham radio operator too or just a listener? I went from my first shortwave radio to being a ham radio operator in less than a year. I was in my early 20s at the time, and wish I had gotten into it earlier but didn't know it existed before then.
I'm also in IT as a network administrator, and I'm going to guess it's probably fairly common for a lot of people in IT to also like other electronics, including radio. Good to hear you also have a vhf and above channel now too, which I also like but don't us it that often anymore since Houston, TX went to digital trunking last year. I do get on 2m ssb occasionally and am amazed sometimes how far out it reaches.
I am now a ham operator ... but I think i'll be looking into it this year... would like to operate on HF and have contacts all over the world. i'll be posting videos on how I did it and when I get my license..
I think you are AWESOME..... I'm still a virgin at most of the Radios Im Listening!!!! I'm 68
Thank you for sharing. My first RX is secondhand Yaesu FRG-7000, which I bought in late 80's. I spent to my two-month summer vacation to get afford it. It's still working in my attic.
You now I still love my DX 100 . and not just because It was my first ... but also because I worked so had in getting the money to buy it .. like you for your FRG .. 73
For some reason I am becoming nostalgic about older radios.
They also seem to work better than a lot of newer radios.
I also loved the radio shack catalogs as a kid.
Thank you for sharing! Very interesting! I love those "by the fire" type of stories.
My story is similar. I started listening 1965 on a new Halicrafters S120 that I earned money to buy. I would tune around and the programs that would come in. It was then that I realized what we were taught in school was only a piece of the truth. Arnie Coro RHC was a favorite and still is. I still have that S120 but listen on a Tecsun S2000 with a MLA30 antenna. Reception is quite good. Other night I had a guy in Vancouver 14313 usb talking clear as could be to another in Quebec. Like they were next door.
I had this Set....I had been into Shortwave since I was 10 also
Keep up posting vid´s :) I´ve been a ham operator for about a year now also starting with listening and a couple of months later me and my brother got a license. Love your channels. Maybe we will hear each other on HF in the future, grats on the license btw :)
73´s OZ5RS
I agree with U 💯 percent.... Shortwave is not active as it was when I was a kid in the 1970s...I wanted a radio that had every band... from LW to Cellular...I had my first Multi Band in 1975... With AM FM CB SW1 SW2 AIR PB...it was Candy to me....than I got the Pro 2004 radio from radio shack in the United States....to get the 800-1300mhz band...it was my Gateway to the High Bands....than in the later 80s to the early 90s I got into satellite Dish tv ...wow that was amazing to see tv from Europe and Asia 🌏...That was when I was in California...now I DX LW MW ans and SW and internet...The UHF band is dead now because of digital.. that is a bummer
Cool video, and that is quite the collection! Maby do a series where you do short explanations on each of your radios, or at least say you top five radios that you own.
Great story! Your parents seem like wonderful people
Great video Gilles. Just curious what your ham call is. Mine is: wb1o (formerly wb1cai). My qth is Saugus MA, just north of Boston. 73, Don
VE2ZZI
Hey, Gilles! We're the same age and have the same geeky interest in SW listing. :P
Hi Gilles. Brian in thunder bay..........i have a r-5000 with the dots issue do you know someone i can send it to to get it fixed and realigned? thanks
Me too I found this hobby started when I was a kid..
Great Story and Information . Thank you 👍
Can you receive signals from space on short wave radio? If you can how do I tune into them?
Very good story
Same thing here, I bought a older realistic single side band shortwave I knew what shortwave was but I had never mess with single side band and wow it had all the meters I felt like instant ham man. Don't care for FM VHF repeater UHF that much but I do have some I like HF I've got a Cobra CB radio that has a HF setting.and I do know that citizens bad used to be part of the ham frequency anyway very interesting stuff I'm trying to figure out what I have to do to this Cobra to make it work with HF I believe it's all in the antenna because I can receive CB signals with it turned onto HF with the regular antenna
Nice to hear your story. Mine is not that different. Some day I will do a vid like this.
Gilles is a crazy guy! Especially for radios!!!
Thanks for sharing!
I been in to dx since I was 10..
TV first..than Shortwave...i had a Multi Band.with...AM FM MB and SW...than I got a real multi band for my birthday from my dad ..with more bands..this was in the 1970s..than later I more radios...but I would break the dial cord.that was a bad thing...than I made my own VHF with a old AM and FM....it is now 2021..
I am still...on the bands!!!..also the net
Love the WRNO sticker. I've got a WRNO Worldwide tshirt.
great story thanks for sharing the google hangout idea is great
Loved your story.
I know the feeling
I Had This Set too
Nice story. I have that WRNO sticker.
Great info. Thanks!
U donot get with Your Radio Now...The Manual Was Part of the Fun... Logbooks And Wave Guides too
I got one of these and i am selling it reason i got a new Tecsun shortwave
Me too I have a tecsun PL660.
I can hear people of usa and other country. It's a good stuff !
The shack
wow cool dad thky dan t
Hai I like you