bugs
1979 Vibroplex Original DeLuxe is completed …
Sunday, April 24, 2016, 1:30 a.m. — OK, you’re right, I should be in bed; well, I plan to head that way shortly. Too much coffee too late in the day, I’m afraid. Remember the […]
Month: April 2016
bugs
Bunnell Navy key is a neat surprise eBay buy …
Friday, April 15, 2016 — Happy Tax Day fellow Amateur Radio ops! Well, actually, the deadline is actually midnight Monday, the 18th, but the Zed Man did something quite unusual — he paid his taxes […]
bugs
Well-crafted homebrew bug takes muscle to operate …
Sunday, April 10, 2016, 10:30 p.m. — If you are like me, you browse eBay often (probably more than your XYL would like, HI!) … and you probably saw the key pictured above listed several times […]
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Something old that’s something very new (to me) — a Vibroplex Improved Model X …
Monday, March 4, 2016 — My 1920 Vibroplex “Improved” Model X arrived in Saturday’s mail, though I didn’t get a chance to check it out until last night. For years, I wasn’t sure how the […]
classic radio
Display repair, IC-207H … TS-450 out, TS-430 in …
Sunday, April 3, 2016, 2 a.m. — Another early morning update, but hey, my family and I went to church last night, so we can sleep in. And who wants to turn in early on […]
classic radio
Kenwood ecstasy … and agony
Friday, April 1, 2016, 2 p.m. — I wish this was an April Fool’s entry, but it isn’t — trust me, I really, really wish it was. My new-to-me Kenwood TS-450S arrived by FedEx today […]