Wow, Phil!

I had not thought of that little rocket radio in years! A friend of my 
brother won one in some contest at school, and he came to our house and 
gave it to me. I was 5 years-old, but was already hooked on all things radio.

For those who never saw one, it looked like, well, a rocket. Or, at 
least an ice cream cone standing upside down with its point in the air, 
which is what I had always been told a rocket looked like.

The tuning control was a slider, which was built to look and operate 
like a short telescoping antenna, and that made the point of the rocket.

It had one of those single earpieces, and another wire with an 
alligator clip on the end, which you clipped onto something that would 
provide a ground. I remember having barrels of fun putting the 
alligator clip on everything within my reach to see what would make it play.

The town I grew up in only had one 500 watt day tine station, so there 
was not much need to tune the radio, and I never received any station 
with it at night.

But it was still fun!

Thanks for the smile!

-- 
Mike Duke, K5XU