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Bug, remote software updates and more …
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, 10:50 p.m. — I’ve trying to get the steel grit out of my beard this evening; I’ve been doing some precision work with a Dremel tool. OK, I know — the […]
CW keys
bugs
100th Anniversary bugs galore; a short visit with a Ukrainian iambic paddle
Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, 12:06 a.m. — Just finished up some ice cream as a midnight snack, just about ready to go back in the shack for a bit. With all my bitching and moaning […]
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Tonight: “Terror on Louisville Road” or “The Priority Mail Package Always Clunks Twice” …
Monday, Feb. 1, 2016 — According to my USPS tracking info, I learned this morning that my Bunnell Martin Flash key arrived! I couldn’t wait to beat a path to the mailbox, which I did […]
ARRL
“A Frequency Cop’s Lament” … or “The LIDs Who Ate My DXCC” …
Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, 11:50 p.m. — Well, I’ve come down with another case of Ham-itis — the disease that causes uncontrollable urges to buy yet another piece of ham gear. I guess what really […]
bugs
Today’s episode: “There’s gold in them thar bugs!” or “Honey, I shrunk the budget!”
Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 –– While digging around the shack a couple of nights ago I spotted a key that I hadn’t seen lately — my second Bunnell Gold Bug, serial no. 439. The first […]
bugs
How’s it operate, you ask?? Like butter!
Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 — Last night’s GTN was the debut of my now repaired 100th Anniversary Vibroplex Original No. 100A-365. It operates just as nicely as you might expect it too. I bought new […]
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‘100th Anniversary Delight’ or ‘A Man Can’t Have Too Many Code Keys’ …
Friday, Jan. 22, 2016 — Well, I’m happy to report that this formerly grumpy Bug Man has a reason to smile! We finally dug out a path through the snow to our mail box and […]
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This and that about these, those — and Vibroplex
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 — Right now the favorite CW key at my operating position is still the 1913 Vibroplex Original, and I used it to check into nets last night and again this […]
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1913 Vibroplex Original: Not your father’s bug (but maybe your grandfather’s) …
Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 — I spent some time in the shack this weekend tuning the CW bands, but also took a little time to work some of the North American QSO Party. It […]
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Today’s entry: ‘Waiting for Vibro(plex),’ or … ‘Is patience really a virtue?’
Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 — Still haven’t received my keying lever I ordered Dec. 28th from Vibroplex, and two emails later, nary a peep! The company didn’t go belly-up on us, […]