Year: 2006

That was what went through my mind last night while working on one of my Vibroplex Morse code keys. The key in question was on of the ones I bought earlier this year that turned […]

The amateur radio operator disease “hamitis” seems to be increasing its grip on me lately … thanks in large part to eBay and PayPal. My latest purchases include a nice Icom IC-706 HF/VHF rig in […]

The UPS man arrived at my house today, much to my delight. I've been impatiently waiting for one of my eBay purchases, a postwar Vibroplex bug. The key I purchased is a honey of a […]

I'm listening to my latest purchase for the shack, an Icom IC-746PRO. I'm pretty happy with it, though admittedly its not a PRO3, it does very well. I'm concerned still about the failure rate of […]

That's the excuse I'm going to give my wife tomorrow when she finds my UPS package on the front porch — “Honey, it's treatment for my ham-itis.” Think it'll fly? Naw, me neither! I've been […]

I'm sure that's what my wife will ask when she sees the next UPS box arrive at the front door. Yep, eBay again, Bunky! I've been eBaying off nearly everything I could to get enough […]

Remember this key? Its a 1958 Vibroplex Original De Luxe I won on eBay about a month ago. It's been in its box, rattling around in my SUV the entire month of April. I finally […]

I'm batting a thousand so far the last couple of days on eBay. Today I got a package in the mail, and I could tell it was a bug — right size and weight. Sure […]

Today I finally got my eBay come uppance, if you will. I finally pushed the envelope a bit too far, hoping to once again turn a sow's ear into a silk purse when it comes […]

I was delighted to get a nice compact FedEx box yesterday — it was the late model Vibroplex Original De Luxe bug I won recently on eBay. This one was something of a mystery. It's […]