Year: 2008

First, let me say: “Wow!” I'm very impressed with my new/used rig, and its exceeded all my expectations. First, I was very pleased to find that it is equipped with the internal antenna tuner, which […]

I spent part of last night trying to determine my route for next weekend's Field Day. My plan is to spend about an hour at each stop. The problem I face is at that rate, […]

After a short loss of my sanity (or at the least a serious lapse of good sense), I wound up snagging a Yaesu FT-890 off eBay with a very reasonable Buy It Now price. The […]

Due to the Webinar (and my stubborn attitude perhaps?), I was unable to attend the ARES meeting last Saturday where the final Field Day plans were to be made. Field Day this year for the […]

Sunday my wife had to work, so early that morning as I came down the steps I was hearing “CQ Contest!” blaring from the speaker of my IC-706 that I leave parked on the 50.125 […]

I took part in a “webinar” today, which is a cross between an online conference and a teleconference. Basically you get to view — as a group of participants — a powerpoint type of presentation, […]

Seems like 6 meters is open when I'm out of the shack. I did work a few stations the other day, but I missed the big daylong opening a few days back. Due to my […]

… and I thought I had trouble with my tractor's clutch! With the weekend winding down, I'm faced with two additional i$$ues to deal with (both of which will suck money from my ability to […]

After much delibration over a possible new addition to the transceiver fleet, I'm belaying that line of thought for now due to a more pressing issue: The clutch in my tractor. The first estimate for […]

I've nearly clicked the Buy It Now button on a couple of earlier mentioned rigs — the FT-817 and the FT-100D and the Yaesu FT-450AT, but I've always decided at the last moment to wait. […]