Saturday, Sept. 9th marked the first time I have set up to sell at a hamfest in more than 10 years. Eight of those years I spent as an elected official of the ARRL, and […]
Friday, July 14, 2017 — Back again with one of my sightings of radio equipment in classic science fiction movies. A movie I hadn’t seen in years — “When Worlds Collide” of 1951 — […]
Sunday, June 25, 2017, 8:45 p.m. — Well, another Field Day is in the books (whatever that means), and this one was one that was worth participating in. I decided Friday night to operate from […]
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 […]
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 — Quick update … nothing new added to the key collection, but I did pick up a couple of years worth of “Radio” magazine. It basically positioned itself as the […]
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, 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, July 30, 2016, 12:45 a.m. — A few days back I was looking around the shack for one of my spare 12v non-switching power supplies (to test it against the switching PS I’m using […]
Saturday, July 16, 2016 — Just a few notes before I have to get ready for Mass this afternoon … Thursday I had a chance to install the 500 Hz CW filter in the TS-690S. […]
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