Year: 2007

After all the fun I've had with my new 1939 McElroy Mac Key Deluxe, today I dug up my old 1936 Mac Key from the spot I'd stuck in in the cabinet. Its been tucked […]

It's been a busy weekend for lots of reasons, and one of those of course was eBay. This Sunday saw a great many very collectible CW keys sold on eBay. I bid — and lost […]

I've only had a few hours to play with my new 1939 T. R. McElroy Mac Key Deluxe, but I'll have to say it is as nice a key as I had hoped it would […]

No, I didn't “Seize the Key” — or any key for that matter — on eBay. But some collector certainly carpe keyum'ed in a big way yesterday. This very rare double-lever Dunduplex key shown here […]

Today I was reminded of just how confounded the general public can be about ham radio callsigns. I was getting out of my car when a woman who pulled in the parking lot after I […]

That's right, friends and neighbors — when it comes to browsing the listings on eBay there are times when you click “Buy It Now” and think about it later! This latest episode of Carpe Keyum […]

Well, not really a 'deathmatch,', but hey, it sure would be a great idea for an amateur radio magazine article series — old vs. new. Yeah, yeah, it's been done. But how about getting hams […]

Another year begins, and it seems I'm going to have to try another New Year's resolution to get my shack straightened up. This year I have an incentive — we are hosting the family Christmas […]