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I wish I could find the quote, but I believe it was an old issue of QST (1914 I think). The writer spoke in almost religious terms of his experience tuning around looking for other stations, comparing it to disembodied souls floating through the ether searching for others to commune with. I wish I could feel the way he felt, but I'm too habituated to casual intercontinental communication.
The closest thing I can think of is my experience of the early web, where I was able to see the weather conditions at my grandparents' house thousands of miles away.