Month: November 2005

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 […]

Today I had a great ragchew on 40 meters CW with a John in Beaver Falls, Pa. His call and QTH sound familiar, and I think we've QSO'd a year or two back. I was […]

My name is Jim and I'm an eBay addict … There should be a 12-Step group for eBay, and I should be it's president. Actually I'm not as bad as I used to be, but […]