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Introducing KN4YB’s iambic paddle …
Sunday, April 22, 2018 — While I was preparing my last post about the KN4YB right-angle bug, I found out that Tom also has an iambic paddle he’s created, and it too is for sale […]
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Its official: ‘This new semi-automatic right-angle bug is a keeper!’
Saturday, April 14, 2018 — For this entry, I’m very happy to have something completely different to blog about — well, different as in “new,” not something completely out of the realm of my love of […]
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Paragon offers a new look at 30-year-old technology
Saturday, March 24, 2018, 2 a.m. — I’ve been the owner of a 30-year-old Ten Tec Paragon that I picked up on eBay last fall, and finally today have had the chance to put in […]
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What weighs six pounds and arrives poorly packed?
Saturday, March 10, 2018 — I finally did something I said I would probably never do — I’m now the owner of a Vibroplex Vibrocube. You know the key — the six-pound version of the […]
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Elusive Mac Key fills a hole in the collection …
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 — Since my last update, I have increased my level of radio-activity and tried to spend more time in the shack, rather than attempting to operate from my listening post here […]
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Adding a new one to the collection – ‘Like A Flash’
Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 — Just a few moments today to write about one of my earlier eBay finds that remained unopened for many months. Yeah, you’re thinking “Zed Man, why not open the boxes […]
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Honoring the Silent Key who owned the latest addition to my collection …
Friday, Feb. 10, 2018 — The Skillman “coffin” bug I recently picked up on eBay has quite a nice provenance with it that I discovered quite by accident. As you can see, the key […]
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New arrivals prompt Zed Man’s return to radio activity …
Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 — As noted earlier in this space, I’ve not been very active in the pursuit of additional keys for my enjoyment of late. Our daughter’s reception in January went well (and […]
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Ad highlights 1918 Vibroplex line-up
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 — One of the eBay goodies I picked up last month was a full-sized based Blue Racer from the mid-1920s. It isn’t in mint condition of course, the key worked for […]
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Not much to cuss or discuss but the snow …
Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018 — We’ve been having lousy band conditions AND weather conditions here in the Ohio Valley of late. We are such panty waists compared to you hams in our northern climes — […]