Year: 2008

I attended a hamfest in Richmond, Ky. this morning, and it was a pretty fair event. This marks the fest's second year, so its a new and growing event. They moved it to the county […]

For a week now I've been watching one of the most intriguing semi-automatic code keys (aka “bugs”) I've ever wanted for sale on eBay with the intent of being there to snipe like hell when […]

HAMFEST CONFAB. The Greater Louisville Hamfest is history, and from where I stood this was the best year for the fest in some time. The crowd was up from last year, and the outside tailgate […]

It was with a bit of sadness that I read earlier this week that Tom Kneitel, ex-K2AES was now a Silent Key. My discovery of Tom Kneitel as a writer and editor actually predates my […]

Sniping bids on eBay should be an Olympic sport — not that I'm that good at it, but sometimes you do get lucky. I was very fortunate a couple of weeks ago to out snipe […]

I haven't written much lately about my latest eBay finds, mostly because they tend to happen quite by accident — the accident being if I think the proverbial “price is right.” I've got enough 1950s […]

It's been an interesting few days here in our radio community. I can safely say that everyone was universally as stunned as I was to learn of the W4OLG's death last Friday. I don't know […]

It is with tremendous sadness that I sit at my computer and write about the death of Charlie Brown, W4OLG. I'm still in a state of shock, only just reading the e-mail within the hour. […]

It's been nearly a month since a new arrival to my Key Club. With prices trending upward, there's just not been a lot of auctions I really wanted to pursue. But this key was different. […]

I'm drinking coffee, trying to pour some consciousness into my brain after sleeping in later than usual. This afternoon, a group of guys my age are having a reunion for our old Maple Hill neighborhood, […]