ARRL
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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Back from blog quarantine …
Monday, May 23, 2022 Well, folks, I’m back — well, actually, my blog is back. I haven’t gone anywhere. My blog however is a different story. First, the account that hosts this blog and several […]
radio
FCC adds another hurdle in the licensing process
Friday, May 26, 2022 — The FCC announced today that they will begin charging a $35 fee for any Amateur Radio license application submitted to them. This includes new licenses applications from the VECs; requests […]
ham radio
Xiegu X6100: My first (and second) look …
Saturday, March 5, 2022 The Xiegu X6100 is my second Chinese-manufactured QRP transceiveer. Several years ago I bought on of the RS-918 clones transceivers, back about the time they were being frowned on because they […]
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Still off the air (sigh!) …
Friday, Aug. 27, 2021 My station remains off the air while the dipole that serves Studio C is laying on the ground. I go to the shack each evening and monitor my Georgia CW traffic […]
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It’s ham radio Christmas in Ju — er, March!
Thursday March 18, 2021 My fear of having taken an overpriced gamble turned out to be just that — a fear that today, proved unfounded. I’m talking about my recent purchase of a Hallicrafters HA-20 […]
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When it comes to Ten Tec, it pays to read (and re-read) the instructions ….
Sunday, March 14, 2021 Well, my Ten-Tec knowledge base took an sudden increase the past few days — I bought the correct memory backup battery — a 2032 — for my Ten-Tec Omni V. I […]
classic radio
Here’s to a ham radio Cyclone …
Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, 2021 We’ve finally dug out of an ice storm that shut things down for a day or two; of course, its February in the Ohio Valley, and true to form, we […]
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Sprints and CW nets don’t mix …
Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 Tonight’s CW traffic net was brought to you by the North American CW Sprint, which made the 80 meter CW band a chaotic mess of QRM. I was running my Kenwood […]
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Rediscovering the strengths of the venerable FT-757GX …
Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020 Well, the dust has settled from Central Kentucky’s first white Christmas in a good many years. The tree will stay up through next weekend, probably longer. Being a COVID Christmas, we […]