Year: 2008

The front porch has seen a flurry of new arrivals by USPS, UPS and FedEx. I've not inspected the boxes much yet, I hope I don't have boxes of junk parts awaiting my review. I […]

This evening I've been suffering a string of bad luck, so much so that I'm going to bed as soon as I finish here. First, our cat — a new arrival here, and a 4 […]

My head and lungs have been full of junk for nearly a week, and I've felt like dirt for most of the week. I've finally started to feel nearly human as of yesterday, and still […]

Due to the weather, kid things and school, I've been too busy to play much radio. I did attend our local ARES meeting yesterday. We discussed Field Day and made some tentative plans. We're going […]

The upcoming strike by eBay'ers who are protesting the feedback policy changes and other revisions to eBay policies is being analyzed as either a huge movement that will cut sales and business transactions, or a […]

With the conscripted help of my kids I was able to get my antenna repaired yesterday afternoon. As I suspected, the strain of the porch swing pulling on the feedline pulled the antenna wire apart […]

ROLL OPENING MONTAGE CUE SPOOKY MUSIC FADE TO WIDE SHOT OF LABORATORY Seated among the wisps of lead-laden smoke, magnifiers dangle from his nose as he careful crafts “The Creature. ” He is surrounded by […]

We had a blustery cold front roar through the county last night, and boy did it roar. We had measured winds of nearly 70 mph. The winds took down my dipole. It appears the porch […]

I don't know what came over me, perhaps it was copying the mail on the Classic Exchange CW contest this weekend, but yesterday evening I fired up Old Ironsides. That's the name given by the […]

“There's no use telling the America people the truth when they don't even accept the fact that the Vatican is running the country.” — wacky Amateur Radio operator Yes, they're back on the air, spewing […]