Locks and keys and all that stuff are nice to make a living but you need to get away from the bench for awhile and do something else.
In my case, it has been a life long interest in radio - specifically ham radio, and short wave listening. I know radio is so old, but remember that smart phone you carry is a radio. SO is TV and anything else which uses a wireless connection to the outside.
So this is my shortwave side of the radio biz ...
That is a Zenith Trans-Oceanic D 7000 Y, the last of the Chicago TO's. i have had it since new, like 1975 and heard the world on it. There are way too many highlights to just count a few, but here is a couple, like the 1980 Moscow Olympics -- the US didn't go but we did via shortwave and have the QSL cards and other goodies from the event. Someplace around here we have a stuffed "Misha Bear" the symbol of the Moscow games, but i think the daughter waltzed off with it. (kids).
The fall of communism heard over R. Moscow -- the Tienanmen Square event of 89 over R. Peking. and tons of other cultural and political events heard live over the international radio.
If you are asking, I am a ham, and I normally use a Icom 7000 transceiver for that work. Have worked the world and have the QSL cards to prove it.
So what do you do besides work the locksmithing trade?
Sinifar
KC9KGP
Just a note - the radio in this shot is on and tuned to China Radio International - 9580 KHz, 31 meter band. Local time - 20:00 hrs. (Chicago)
