Year: 2006

In addition to Sunday being Christmas Eve, there'll be another observance taking place among those of us who have RF running in our veins. Dec. 24th will be the 100th anniversary of the transmission of […]

Yes! My long-awaited 1955 Vibroplex Lightning Bug De Luxe arrived today by USPS! I was delighted to find it in my mailbox, and let me tell you, the seller did an absolutely wonderful job of […]

I'm a little melancholy this evening as I sit here pecking away at my computer. I'm listening to the gang on 3955 kHz talk about a variety of things, and everyone has aurora on their […]

Yep, there's big changes coming tomorrow night on the 75/80 meter band. The phone portion of 75 will — at 12:01 Friday morning — extend down to 3600 kHz — which is 100 kcs MORE […]

I live out on a rural mail route, and I can tell when the substitute is running the route. The woman who is my regular carrier's sub never brings my eBay parcels up the hill […]

I had a real pleasant surprise today courtesy of some very talented amateur radio operator from long ago. On Friday, my wife had picked up a box for me at the post office. It was […]

OK, it's a new model but only new to me. This is a used key I picked as a “Buy It Now” on eBay for $50. Overall, it's quite a key. It took me some […]

Yeah, that's right, it's not Turkey Day without being thankful for amateur radio. I've not been a very alert eBay'er lately, as I've let some real DEALS slide past me. What's worse, I knew they […]

Late at night — like tonight — I spend a lot of time listening on the 75 meter band. There are a couple of frequencies I enjoy listening to, and I gravitate between these. One […]

I was bored this evening here in the old radio shack, and with nothing much drawing my interest on the ham bands, I decided to tune my IC-746PRO down thru the old CB band. The […]