Year: 2008

In my official capacity I have had more than one person contact me concerning the sale and marketing of “export” CB rigs — those rigs that are not FCC certified for use on CB, and […]

I have a fleet of Yaesu HTs here at my QTH; I own two FT-11R 2-meter HTs, which have been my workhorse takes-a-lickin'-and-keeps-on-tickin' handheld radios. Apparently these are well appreciated by amateurs elsewhere too, they […]

Being Saturday evening, I had time to spend in the shack, so I thought if the band cooperated I might check in to the two CW nets. The KYN, Kentucky CW Net, takes place at […]

I should have known that the band was dead tonight when I looked at the bandscope prior to starting the NCS preamble for the Kentucky Emergency Net. Had the band scope — on 50 kHz […]

It's been a week or so since I updated, and even longer since I posted something regarding Amateur Radio. YAESU FT-2000. I've not operated a great deal, but have been enjoying the rig when I […]

It's been a very interesting last few days here on my hill overlooking Cox's Creek, but not in connection with my Amateur Radio or CW key collecting hobbies. My virtual newspaper web site has gotten […]

BIG MAC (KEY) ATTACK. A couple of weeks ago I decided to snipe an eBay item I had watched for most of a week. The item? Another McElroy Mac Key, this was a 1938B version […]

I received a phone call today from Kuni, the owner of Comtek ham radio service out in Washington state, who told me that the front panel for my Icom IC-746PRO that was on backorder arrived […]

Talk about QRM — I've been trying to slice 'n' dice signals on 15 meters in the contest, and its been tough. First there's a big signal from an Italian station on 21.218. TM6M is […]

I've been operating the CQ WW contest periodically today, and I've been alternating between operating, doing dishes and reading the Yaesu FT-2000 manual. Last night I punched the VOX button on the rig, and attempted […]