(Sorry Kris; thought I'd done this when I first signed up a while ago, but apparently not. Must be getting a little
...)
Hi there!
Been an electronics hobbyist since I was a kid in the 70's, joined the Big Yellow T as an apprentice tech (one of the last!) in the 80's, drifted away from the hobby when the job turned stupid/evil in the 90's, left there as a senior tech when the Grim Beepa started nipping at my toes in the 00's, did a degree in an unrelated field after that, and went on to do a postgrad in the 10's. When I finally had some free time again after all that I bought an Arduino kit and a cheap soldering station, and got sucked in all over again.
Currently SWL is my hobby-related hobby, so I'm usually buying, building, or planning something to do with that - radios, test gear, add-ons, improvements, etc. Not really into SDR (though I have a small setup), since I much prefer things with knobs on e.g. a Yaesu FRG-7700, an old ex-army "Reception Set R210" I'm doing a rolling restoration on, and a small variety of homebrew bits & pieces.
Mostly happy to sit back & read & learn, but also happy to step in & help if I can (as long as you can put up with my sometimes ponderous prose
).
Anyway, thanks for having me!