Mike,

You nailed it.  That was exactly what my rocket radio looked like.  I grew 
up in Des Moines, Iowa so W H O radio was the only station I could get, 
haha.  Yet, it was loads of fun and the memories of those early radio days 
are great to have.

Phil.
K0NX




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 6:33 PM
Subject: The Rocket Radio


> 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
>