Friday, April 27, 2012 — Due to a major renovation project in the kitchen of our home that involves rewiring the room, my wife, son and I were forced to cross the Forbidden Zone and […]
Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 — Been digging around in the shack tonight … the word “excavating” is more appropriate. Unlike the picture-perfect shacks some guys have, mine is … well, not-so picture perfect. In fact, […]
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, 1 a.m. — I just shut the rig off a little bit ago after listening to some guys talking on 75 meters. I just tired of listening to the one-upmanship between […]
Friday, Aug. 5, 2011 — My new-to-me cheap eBay-special 17-inch LCD monitor arrived yesterday via USPS. This was a deal — it came with no stand, but that was exactly what I wanted; I have […]
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 — The photo at right is of a transceiver that was up for auction recently on eBay. Its one of those quasi-legal 10-meter radios that is easily modified to operate on […]
Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, 3:16 p.m. — One of the best values in HF+VHF transceivers has long been the Icom IC-746PRO. It’s an easy rig to operate and full of excellent features. Unfortunately, it was […]
Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, 11:45 p.m. — In a recent new issue of QST I happened to see the new Yaesu FT-450D, a revised version of the FT-450 entry-level HF+6M rig. The FT-450 isn’t a […]
Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, 2:45 p.m. — My capacitors for my Detrola AM AA5 receiver arrived this week though I’ve not taken them out of the package yet. I’ve been purposely neglecting eBay due to […]
Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 – I was taking a quick tour through some of my usual eBay searches and ran across this very nice and not-so-commonly-seen Hallicrafters SX-133 receiver. If I recall correctly, the SX-133 […]
Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, 1 a.m. — Finally started digging into my Detrola 571X receiver, removing caps and replacing them with “orange drop” capacitors that recently arrived. This recapping is much different than the later […]
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