It is hard to describe the enthusiasm I had in dissecting the Allied Radio catalog. It is probably something similar to when people perused the Monkey Ward or Sears and Roebuck Catalogs.
So many goodies just unbelievable that you could imagine using all those parts and things to surround yourself with your hobby items.
So, I ordered my first brand new Amateur Radio Receiver.
It was a Gonset GR212.
I couldn't afford a Hallicrafters, they were twice the price and thrice as nice!

It arrived.

The inside of the box had this smell, so hard to describe.
I plugged it in, turned it on and the pilot lights lit the S meter.
A connected the antenna to the two screw terminals on the back
Turned up the volume,
and spun the dial.
Noise, pulses, chatter, static and more
Excitement. Such that I never had, well unless when I was younger and seeing the stuff under the Christmas Tree.
It was 1962.
I was into Ham Radio. Ham Radio, Ah .....you could spend hours upon hours listening , talking and communicating with faceless other persons with like interests from around the world.
IT was magical.
IT is almost all gone.

That's another chapter.