The radio was brand new in the box when my wife surprised me for Christmas, twenty-eight years ago in 1994. We were dirt poor back then. She must have had to really save up to get it for me.Up until then, it was the most advanced receiver I had ever owned.

A few months later I got a new job that involved a lot of time on the road and a lot of nights in hotel rooms. The radio became my travel companion. I took it everywhere. It survived a fall from my second story balcony in Mexico.

When I retired in 2010, the radio retired with me. It's old and beat up looking now, just like its owner. But it still works and I still use it every day.