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Les Logan Speed-X arrives by postal mail; owner delighted
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 — On Monday the US Mail carrier brought a bundle of joy — the Speed-X Model 500 bug I sniped last week. Every day when a bug arrives that I’ve won […]
Month: July 2011
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Late night spin across the dial nets CW contact …
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 — I haven’t had much time to really play radio and enjoy it other than the state emergency voice and digital nets earlier this evening, so I sat down about midnight […]
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The irresistible gleam of chrome …
“The gleam of chrome is as irresistible to a man as the word ‘sale’ is to a woman” – Raymond Loewy, automotive designer Sunday, July 17, 2011 — There’s no truer statement when it comes to […]
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Chrome, chrome on the way / My new bug came in the mailbox today …
Though the XYL confirmed My butt may get burned If she catches me buying more on eBay …. Friday, July 15, 2011 — So much for my revised lyrics, eh?? Oh well, the important point […]
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“Cigareets and whuskey and buying bugs off-a eBay …
… it’ll drive you crazy, it’ll drive you insane …” Pardon me while I steal a line from the title of an old Homer & Jethro song about the misery of cigarettes, whiskey and wild […]
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Speaking of McElroy: Mac’s keys bring out the collectors on eBay …
Saturday, July 9, 2011, 1:30 a.m. — It was like bringing a knife to a gunfight tonight on eBay as the “big boys” vied for a couple of T.R. McElroy’s nicest collectible keys. I had […]
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Rain, rain, go a-way, come again during the IARU HF contest day …
Friday, July 8, 2011 — It’s a rainy morning here in the Ohio Valley, and I probably should be on the air instead of on the computer! My main key at the operating position is […]
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A little patriotic McElroy history on a July 4 weekend …
Saturday, July 2, 2011 — Having read Tom French’s book on T.R. McElroy, the world’s fastest radio telegrapher who designed and launched his own line of bugs in 1934, I’m fascinated by Mac’s moxie as […]