Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 — Success! From my corner in our home’s library — amidst our cable TV, DVR, 3 desktop PCs, four laptops and a Minecraft server — I made my first contact by […]
Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, 2 a.m. — I have nothing good to report in regard to the band conditions on 80 CW. The last several nights the NCS is barely readable, though I did squeak […]
Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, 3 p.m. — I won’t stay long, but just wanted to post a few lines in regard to a surprise eBay find … it was a surprise to me and apparently, […]
Monday, Jan. 2, 2017 — As with many collectors I know, we often neglect to delete the eBay auctions that have ended. There are times when I will go back through completed auctions and save […]
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2016, 9:30 a.m. — My attempt to check into the Georgia CW net last night on Christmas Eve Eve didn’t pan out out like I hoped. The band was long, and […]
Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 — Two weeks away from Straight Key Night and I’m thinking of what rig(s) I’m going to put on the air come New Year’s Eve. And you can tell we’re getting […]
Monday, Dec. 12, 2016 — I was surprised to find my recently purchased 1977 Vibroplex Champion key in today’s mail. The auction ended Friday, and the seller had it in that day’s postal mail. […]
Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 — Another kinda screwy propagation night on 80, but i managed to get checked-in before the band went too long. While I was goofing around in the shack before the net, […]
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 […]
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, 10:45 a.m. — I blame it on a temporary lapse of sanity, folks, but I recently acquired a key I just couldn’t pass up — a 1935 McElroy Mac-Key […]
Copyright © 2024 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes