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The UPS man cometh, and my new arrival was here when I pulled into the driveway — my new 1905 Vibroplex bug. I have been worried that the key would suffer damage in transit, and […]

I have been collecting and using semi-automatic bugs for years; prior to that, I always had a fascination with them. I have amassed quite a collection of bugs too. Some rare, some not-so-rare, but all […]

Don't ask me why, but ever since Alinco began building HF radios, I have wanted to buy the Alinco DX-77 HF transceiver. You don't see a great many of them come across eBay; the DX-70T/TH […]

Murphy's Law made an appearance earlier today while I worked in the July heat on my broken dipole, but fortunately, it didn't thwart my efforts. Success! The dipole itself was in fine shape; I've repaired […]

Dipole DOWN! A one act play of intrigue, suspense and futility! Narration: (with authority) “What do the letters OMG …. WTF …. ROFLMAO … BRB …. LOL … and IMHO mean? To the average teen-ager, […]

Holy smokes! My new-to-me Icom IC-706MKIIG arrived this morning and I broke it out of the box as soon as I arrived home this afternoon. I haven't received a response on my query about the […]

I'm listening tonight on 75 meters, some guy has been talking to a newer ham about antennas. The newer ham has a 160-meter dipole fed with ladderline to a tuner, and his buddy, who has […]

I bought a new rig, got lost in the bids … (apologies to Britney Spears). Yeah, I did it again. Saw something on eBay — a like-new Icom IC-706MKIIG at a bargain Buy It Now […]

Ahhh… the smell of dust burning off 50 year old vacuum tubes is like the smell of your favorite Christmas dish wafting in from the kitchen …. its a special smell, though few appreciate is […]

I received my second Heil Classic 5 microphone today via UPS, which I'll squirrel away I guess. I'm waiting for my 4-pin XLR plug to arrive from my eBay vendor, then perhaps I'll try it […]