Month: August 2007

It's been a few days since my last post, so I thought I might jot down a few lines while I have the chance. I enjoyed the BARS club hamfest at Lawrenceburg a lot, though […]

It took a little more fiddling, but my TS-430S is complete and reassembled. No fiddling with the paint was necessary, but I had to put the grill clothe back in and the metallic label on […]

My plan to refinish the covers of my Kenwood TS-430S hit a snag this afternoon. Enter Mr. Murphy. The top cover — the one I really needed to refinish — turned out very well. The […]

Ahh, the smell of fresh lacquer! I don't know what it is (beyond the mind-altering solvents), but I've always liked the smell of lacquer paint. Goes back to my body shop days, I guess. When […]

With oppressive heat awaiting me outside, I thought this afternoon an indoor project might be a good option. I've got plenty of slips to choose from the the Honey-Do jar, but I decided to do […]

” .. is there a parcel in your bag for me? …” I'm not too proud to steal a line from the Marvelettes' hit “Please Mister Postman,” I heard it today on an oldies FM […]

Electrical resistance, that is … I was finally giving my new Datong FL-3 a workout today with my TS-430S, and I realized that the front-mounted headphone jack on the Datong didn't work. I've spent a […]

I admit I spend too much time browsing on eBay, but thankfully I don't buy everything I look at. But every now and then you hit on something that's too good to pass up. I've […]