Month: December 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 […]