In the late 40's and early 50's, my dad was a motorcycle cop and he had a SX-43 on his bedside table so he could monitor the police dispatcher on 30 MC or so. When he wasn't home, I would tune the SW freqs and the ham bands - later on he got a transceiver for his bedside radio and I got the SX-43 and that along with a Viking Adventurer I built, was my first ham station in 1959. Wish I could find some of the pictures that my folks took of my ham activities back then. 73 de Jim K4LIX, near Panama City, FL.