Year: 2005

I've been a longtime listener to a number of 75-meter roundtables. My days of listening in on 3898 go back more than 25 years, back to my SWL days. I still listen to 3898 every […]

The derelict E.F. Johnson Speed-X bug I wrote about last has been performing well as I've been using it for a couple of QSOs. After the first contact, I adjusted the dot contact screw for […]

I have had a rather derelict E.F. Johnson Speed-X bug rattling around my SUV for several weeks now. It arrived by mail and was a cheapie I picked up from eBay. It looked like it […]

I'm listening to the 11-meter band right now to a group of CB'ers talking about ham radio. The one guy whose closest to me is telling his friends what a great antenna his Moonraker is […]

I was a little late getting on 80 meter CW tonight, and missed getting in a couple of contacts before everyone went to bed. Well, I guess I could have kept calling CQ, but I […]

The bands have been quiet this week, though the CQ WW DX CW contest kept the CW bands busy. The club's Sunday night nets went well, and we had a record crowd on our Tuesday […]

My long-awaited Wouff Hong arrived today via parcel post insured mail, and I'm tickled pink! I had to take a National NCX-5 that I was shipping out to the post office this morning anyway, so […]

I've spent more time the last week or so boxing up stuff I've sold on eBay than on-the-air operating — but I'm not complaining. I'm trying to fund the purchase of my first new HF […]

The storms out in the midwestern states are generating a lot of noise on the 80 meter band. I guess that's the reason I'm not hearing much CW activity in the Novice subband. Weekends usually […]

Hello to all my ham radio friends! Welcome to my blog, which is focused entirely on my obsession with amateur radio. I probably should say my hobby is enabled by eBay, because the two are […]