My ham shack down stairs when I first started up in Ham radio... I got my lic on Nov 28, 1988, and got my advance on Dec 20, 1999 with Morse code at 15 words per minunit. (it's much easyer to get a ham lic now) The crackle of the wood burning in the stove was relaxing... but later when Gisele got her ham lic, I moved the station upstairs...