If there's anything I like doing in radio, it's showing people who might be put off by all the bravado and expense that so dominates the hobby (and it is only a hobby), that it needn't be so. I threw together a 28MHz magloop today, for pennies. It has a 1.03:1 match, and this is what it heard, whilst sitting on a chair inside the house (it picked-up VK whilst on the floor). Never say never; ham radio can be enjoyed by all, whatever your circumstances.