Month: January 2008

After using my daughter's mp3 player on a recent road trip, I decided that Dad had to have one. I didn't need a name brand, nor did I need one with all the bells and […]

It's been a busy week in radio related stuff. I drove to Ashland for their club meeting Tuesday and spoke briefly and did lots of after meeting talking. Very good time and productive too. Seems […]

I've continued to play with my new Electro-Bug, and trying to evaluate its spring-loaded dot contact screw vs. the Vibroplex-style U-shaped mount for the dot contact. Having tried the key both ways, they both work […]

I've not spent much time at the rig since SKN, but I did spend just a little time with the Electro Bug key that arrived recently. Sometimes I wish sellers would take photographs of the […]

I had forgotten about a rather forelorn and forgotten cw bug that I picked up on eBay back last month. Historically, its an important key, though it doesn't look like much. The key is the […]

Yes dear readers, I thought SKN fun was over at midnight Zulu time, but I was wrong! The activity on 80 meters continued without much change after it was officially Jan. 2 2008. After a […]

Despite my flapping-in-the-wind feedline, Straight Key Night was a success and a lot of fun. I still worried over the SWR changes, but the changes only happened when the wind kicked up. I made contact […]

Before I recap Straight Key Night I figured I would throw in a couple of interesting items I watched sell on eBay the last couple of days … both of which were microphones. ASTATIC D104 […]

After lunch this afternoon I ventured into the cold and wind to check the status of my inverted vee. It's intact and undamaged, which is excellent news. The SWR swings are due no doubt to […]

Let me try this update a second time … damn computers, anyway! I've been looking foward to Straight Key Night for weeks, and its been interesting. I turned the Heathkit HW-16 on about 7 p.m. […]