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Baer started off by leaping back to the late ‘30s, the time before “electronics†was a noun. Back then, it was all about radio. Radio enthusiasts were radio hobbyists, and radios were simpler to build than a model Gundam. They were also a cultural phenomenon. Baer showed off an advertisement that read “Big Money in Radio – become a Radio Serviceman!†“Hey,†the young Baer realized. “I think this could be me.†So he spent the next few years dangling off roofs, installing wires through people’s windows.