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The return of the Old Man …
Oct. 15, 2024 Its been rougly six months since my last visit here, I figure its high time I return. I pretty much took a summer hiatus from ham radio and selling keys on eBay. […]
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Editorial: ARRL dues hike needed, other changes? Not so much …
By JIM BROOKS KY4ZEx-ARRL Section Manager Friday, Aug. 4, 2023 — Well, after polling the membership, the ARRL Board of Directors voted on a dues increase effective Jan. 1, 2024. The change is much more […]
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No joy this station Field Day 2022 …
Sunday night, June 27, 2022 My 2022 Field Day plans — which were pretty much messed up by the late delivery from DX Engineering — went more haywire than anticipated on Saturday. For starters, my […]
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I won’t join any club that will have me as a member …
Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020 Sometimes you have to expect unexpected things to occur; for example, Donald Trump winning the Republican nomination and then the 2016 election. Well, the unexpected happened today — it even surprised […]
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New CW traffic net; 72-year-old Wouff Hong arriving soon …
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 Checked in tonight to the Kentucky CW Net. Ray, WB4ZDU was NCS. I heard an old friend of mine check-in, Fred in Louisa, Ky., so I figured what the hell, I’ll […]
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Cubical quad project predates Zedman’s ham ticket …
My first experience with a cubical quad antenna came long before I earned my Amateur Radio license in 1987. The year was 1970-something and my best friend and I were big CB radio fanatics. We […]
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Book review: W1FB’s Antenna Notebook a great gift for old, new hams
Friday, March 20, 2020 Book Review: W1FB’s Antenna Notebook Like most fledgling hams, the ARRL Handbook and the ARRL Antenna books were both high on my “purchase-ASAP” list when I was getting my Novice ticket. […]
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Radio bug bites, prompts Field Day outbreak …
Field Day 2019 is in the books, and this was my most active Field Day in several years. Since my PC power supply change — and the disappearance of the switching power supply hash from […]
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Love it or hate it, ARRL proposal will reshape HF operation as we know it …
Friday, March 2, 2018 — To quote Monty Python’s Flying Circus, “… Now for something completely different.” No ramblings today about the marvels of a 70-year-old Morse key rescued from the rubbish bin of history, […]
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From the “That’s where it was” department: Clean-up yields misplaced goodies …
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2016, 9:30 a.m. — My attempt to check into the Georgia CW net last night on Christmas Eve Eve didn’t pan out out like I hoped. The band was long, and […]