Year: 2010

The UPS man cometh, and my new arrival was here when I pulled into the driveway — my new 1905 Vibroplex bug. I have been worried that the key would suffer damage in transit, and […]

I have been collecting and using semi-automatic bugs for years; prior to that, I always had a fascination with them. I have amassed quite a collection of bugs too. Some rare, some not-so-rare, but all […]

Don't ask me why, but ever since Alinco began building HF radios, I have wanted to buy the Alinco DX-77 HF transceiver. You don't see a great many of them come across eBay; the DX-70T/TH […]

Murphy's Law made an appearance earlier today while I worked in the July heat on my broken dipole, but fortunately, it didn't thwart my efforts. Success! The dipole itself was in fine shape; I've repaired […]

Dipole DOWN! A one act play of intrigue, suspense and futility! Narration: (with authority) “What do the letters OMG …. WTF …. ROFLMAO … BRB …. LOL … and IMHO mean? To the average teen-ager, […]