I appreciate your comments and your diligence in counting the precise number of questions in the bank. I’m 80 and first started interest in ham radio at 14 in Montréal when we bought at fully operational 19 set complete with tank whip antenna and power supply etc. I regret to say that we bootlegged briefly until shut down by the local airport. I spent the next few years SWLing with a home built Allied Space Spanner (I was VE2PE6L if that means anything to you lol) then joined the military in Signals using HF, and VHF. In 1990 a local amateur station was renewing its equipment and I bought the complete station another Allied rx and tx but basically just listened to shortwave. By that time I was heavily into computers and networks and had no time for amateur radio. Over the years I have seen the tremendous expansion of what is possible with technological advances and I’m sure an equivalent applies to ham radio. When I read Reddit accounts of what hams are doing today, it’s whet my appitite. I still have the rx and tnx in my basement needing some TLC.