Month: November 2008

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 […]