Month: September 2007

My latest eBay “must haves” arrived in this morning's mail — a 1919 Vibroplex Original and a Cedar Rapids bug. The Cedar Rapids bug was won long ago. The seller was holding it, apparently unaware […]

There was an old Kenner game years ago that used my headline above as part of the jingle … it went something like “Man, dontcha bug me … I got my own bugs too … […]

There's a couple of new rigs to salivate over, though I guess I'll have to wait to see the final “street” price on both units. YAESU FT-950. I'm very, very intrigued by the new FT-950, […]

I've sworn off buying more semi-automatic keys, right? Well … sort of. Once in a while, something comes your way that's just too darn good to pass up. Or that's my justification for it, anyway. […]

I'm (again) listening this evening to the fellow in the midwest (Iowa, specifically) who broadcasts frequently on 3944 kHz. I don't know why I listen to this guy — well, that's not true, I do […]

Our club's special event station went fairly well. One of the members who was bringing equipment wound up in the hospital Friday night, so we only had one station. That worked out well, because we […]

” …. we have the technology … and the spare parts!” I'm referring of course to my 1927 Vibroplex Original. I've spent some time tonight with the key. I removed the four-foot heavy duty two-conductor […]

I thoroughly enjoyed the Louisville hamfest Saturday. The crowd was fair and I suspect they had about a slightly greater number of tailgaters outside this year. Inside they laid the tables out so they were […]

I've been cleaning around the shack tonight and monitoring across 75 phone and also a little 2 meter chatter on Louisville repeaters. There's a fellow whose call I'll avoid mentioning because he seems to wander […]

I should have realized that this evening was a great radio night — with the change in weather, the atmospheric noise on 75/80 was notably reduced tonight. And being a Friday night and a holiday […]