Year: 2007

I told myself I wasn't going to buy anything else on eBay — unless I saw “a deal.” Meet my “deals,” below. 1936 McElroy MAC KEY STANDARD. Bidding on this key had stalled early in […]

I have been seeing the eBay commercial on TV where the people are ice fishing, and one guy pulls in a guitar through a guitar-shaped hole in the ice. I can't think of a more […]

It's been a busy day today, but tonight the entire family was out of the house and I realized I could actually take time to check into the Kentucky CW Net (KYN). I adjusted my […]

Yes, as odd as that sounds, the newest auto parts store in town, Advance Auto, has become my favorite stop for ham radio parts — second only to our local family owned hardware store. The […]

The postman rang twice today, bringing with him the second time a hefty box shipped priority mail. As persnickety as I am on proper packing of the goods I buy on eBay, I was doubly […]

I've been listening to the group on 3955 tonight while I've been working in the shack, and there's a fellow who claims he works for Homeland Security. This guy says he's on the job at […]

For the past few days I've been listening to an early-1970s era receiver, an Allied AX-190. The AX-190 is a ham bands-only solid-state receiver that sold new in the $250 price range. At the time, […]

With the CQWW CW contest this past weekend, I thought I might test the contesting waters again. I programmed my Icom's memories for the exchange and what-not needed for the contest Q's. There were some […]

Happy Thanksgiving! Since our family get-together is this evening, I've been fooling around in the shack. I was tuning across 40 CW a little while ago and ran across a Michigan station calling CQ. I […]

I've been doing a little retro hamming this evening here in the shack. Right now I'm listening to the guys on 3955 kHz on my Knight R-100A receiver. It took a while for the thing […]