bugs
Despite its flaws, new key is truly golden …
Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, 10 p.m. — This evening I had some time to put some work into my new-to-me Gold Bug and take a few pics for the website. In short, after some work […]
ham radio
CW keys
Every key tells a story; this one is “Smoke gets in your eyes” …
Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 — while I have been browsing eBay pretty regularly these days, I haven’t been a buying a great deal of ham radio-related stuff. And that’s by design; I’m not adding to […]
computers
A Tale of Two (or more) Computers …
Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013 — I can hear it already … “Zed, why in tarnation aren’t you operating the Sweepstakes? How can you call yourself a red-blooded American HAM if aren’t busting your bee-hiney contesting […]
CW keys
A warrior of a different color …
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 — The man in the Big Brown Truck delivered a new key to my QTH yesterday afternoon, a Vibroplex Chrome Warrior. This isn’t a particularly collectible key, but I have been […]
computers
What to do when your DMU is DOA …
Monday, July 29, 2013 — It’s lunchtime here in Kentucky and I just finished a phone call to Yaesu in bright and sunny California. The problem that prompted my call? My Yaesu DMU 2000. Hi, […]
bugs
Tales from The Shack: A Cootie key lives!
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 — After my previous entry about cootie keys, I was bound and determined to locate my missing cootie key. As a result, I made major progress cleaning my shack and threw […]
bugs
In my mind, there’s a fine line between “cleaning” and “excavating” one’s shack …
Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 10:30 a.m. — Amazing what you can dredge up with a little effort cleaning up … I don’t have a photo of my ham shack posted on my website, and for […]
computers
CQ Field Day CQ Field Day DE KY4Z K
Monday morning – Well, Field Day 2013 is in the books. My plan originally was to travel to the far end of Kentucky and work my way home making stops at Field Day sites along […]
computers
Amateur Radio on TV: Can’t afford to pay for this kind of placement, publicity
Saturday, March 16, 2013, 1:14 p.m. — I made it a point last night to watch “Last Man Standing” for Amateur Radio’s debut on the show. I don’t know how popular the show is, but […]
CW keys
A new arrival … probably the last for a while
March 1, 2013, 1:15 a.m. — Today in the mail arrived my latest addition to the key collection — a CT 599 iambic paddle. Far from a rare key, the CT 599 hails from the […]