Baby in arms and XYL in tow, went into Radio Progressive, Montreal, with the intention of just looking at short-wave receivers. However, the ham who served me realised that I'd had an amateur license in the UK, and quickly convinced me to think about getting a license to operate in Canada. So, I ended up coming out of the store with my first new-in-box radio, a Yaesu FT-747GX transceiver. An entry-level radio even in the early 1990s, but far more sophisticated than the old tube radios I'd used before.