Year: 2007

My wife would accuse me of finding every minute of every day as “the perfect time to peruse eBay,” so my headline is probably meaningless to her. But now that the mad rush of auctions […]

The Brooks corollary to Murphy's Law states that “A missing/lost/desired item will be located immediately after the replacement item is acquired.” This corollary typically applies to moving from one home to another. Where's a fly […]

The eBay auction for the 1905 Vibroplex Original I've been watching all week ended today, and I'll have to say I was a little surprised. The key — mostly complete and in fair condition for […]

The current cycle of high prices paid on eBay for Vibroplex keys will likely peak soon, or that's my best guesstimate. There are still a few bargains among the big-ticket keys, but they're harder to […]

That's about the best way to describe the recent buying splurge I've been on at the eBay Web site. No, nothing too expensive, but steady. I recently entered a Buy It Now bid for a […]

Tonight I checked into the KSN with the 746PRO. I had the Heathkit HW-16 warmed up and ready, but I got to the rig late and the Icom was ready to rock and roll. Glenn, […]

Today I cashed in some hidden “round tuits” I found in the shack, tackling a couple of projects I had neglected for … well, a year at least! I can't find when I bought this […]

As mentioned in my earlier post, I had more to jabber about but couldn't continue on until today. While cleaning the shack recently, I ran across various pieces of eBay flotsam and jetsam that I've […]

Last night while browsing eBay, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. While poking through the just-listed files, I ran across a listing for one of the VERY FIRST Vibroplex keys produced by […]

This was the question I was asking myself earlier this hour after spending some time tuning across the CW portion of 80 meters. I had neglected to fire up my Heathkit HW-16 (to give it […]