Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

The March of Progress is a ruthless one.

In its wake, it leaves the antiquated and inefficient behind, while the demands for newer,

faster, and better get louder and louder.

Player pianos gave way to phonographs, which were eventually put out of pasture by

eight tracks.

Those lost the war against cassette tapes and CDs, which eventually led to the rise

of streaming music over the internet.

But one thing is certain about the past, and technology in particular.

It doesn't go away forever, and it tends to repeat itself.

Vinyl records have made a triumph at return, though in a way they never really left.

Analog technology doesn't die, it just goes underground, often dug up later by hobbyists

and the nostalgic.

We have cell phones that allow us to talk to people anywhere in the world, yet there

are still roughly 3 million ham radio operators.

Amateur radio operators often begin transmissions with their call signs, a combination of letters

and numbers rattled off using the NATO phonetic alphabet.

It's as easy as Alpha Bravo Charlie.

What they expect to hear back is usually the same thing from the other person.

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