Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 — While browsing the listings for code keys, I saw one for a Vibroplex World War II Lightning Bug DeLuxe with the “battleship grey” base. The key looked fine but it was […]
Friday, May 19, 2017 — It’s 1:23 a.m. and I should have the cans strapped to my head copying some Russian OM’s wavery over-the-pole CW sigs at this hour (though admittedly I haven’t tracked […]
Friday, May 5, 2017 — Sometimes my curiosity gets the best of me, and that was the case recently while watching eBay late one dark and stormy night. Without warning whatsoever, that ol’ Lady Curiosity […]
Thursday, April 20, 2017 — I’m heading to the local AM station to record an interview with U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie in a while, so thought I might take time to catch up with my […]
Saturday, March 11, 2017 — Time for a quick review of the antenna tuner I took a chance on — a used MFJ-969 300-watt roller inductor tuner that I purchased on eBay. It arrived in […]
Monday, March 6, 2017 — More changes in the equipment lineup at my corner “shack” in the our home’s library. I removed the SGC MAC 200 autotuner. Nothing is wrong with the autotuner; I just […]
Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 — Greetings once again from the shack — er, library — of KY4Z. This time I do have a couple of additions to report to the key collection, as well as some […]
Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, 2 a.m. — I have nothing good to report in regard to the band conditions on 80 CW. The last several nights the NCS is barely readable, though I did squeak […]
Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016, 9:55 p.m. — The last couple of nights, 80 meters has been fairly cooperative with my traffic net check-ins. This net did not change its time to follow Zulu time; other […]
Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, 10:30 a.m. — During my excavations of the space under my operating desk (in the hunt for a missing screw that actually wasn’t missing — another story), I uncovered several keys […]
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