During a time when i had to focus all finances on my family - as is just the right thing to do- it left me with little to get on the air with. Some haywired radio gear, which would never sell on E-bay is what was left. So - haywiring I did and got it working fairly well. QRP gear from kits and a little home brew. It worked and it was FUN! As money loosened a little bit, I was able to build an amplifier so that friends in RF noisy cities could hear me better. I usually hear them 'weak readable' because of the low noise here. That was fun - occasionally exasperating as I slowly made the amplifier more stable, but fun none the less. Eventually money was close to normal again and I bought an IC-7200 . It is excellent, I can do digital modes, it's a great shortwave receiver and etc. You know what - I really miss the simpler gear and am tempted to return to my haywired station, and use the Big Rig money for something else.
Odd - eh?
Anyone else with this same mental problem, or is it only ME?

>Ray