Month: March 2007

No, I'm not referring to a fellow ham. I'm referring to my “new” 1938 McElroy Mac Key Standard semi-automatic bug that showed up on my front porch. To the collector community, it's a 1938B Mac […]

I've taken some time the last couple of days to watch some interesting auctions on eBay. I'm on a kind of streak of really liking the Les Logan Speed-X “T-Bar” bugs produced in the late […]

My bargain basement Speed-X Model 500 bug took some additional cleaning, a little adjustment, and some Tarn-X on the silver dot and dash contacts, but it was all worth the effort. Not only does the […]

I've not been very active, at least on HF, for the last couple of weeks. Most of my activity has been limited to nets on VHF and 6 meters. I've made some headway on straightening […]

The ARRL DX Contest was this past weekend, and I missed most of it. I traveled out of town for a hamfest, and didn't arrive back home until midafternoon Saturday. By the time I was […]