I appreciate the help offered by all regarding radios and emergency use.
Maybe I am out of date, as my kids have said. I built circuits with
germanium crystals, and even advanced to vacuum tubes, but then some
do-gooder invented transistors....   
 
 Allyn Moore, Payson 
 
Vacuum tubes, Allyn? These days those are called "glass-FETs". 

Steve
Team Tierra Buena
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". -- Dave
Barry