computers
Putting the ‘X’ in ATX …
Friday, June 14, 2019 — Back in April, the power supply in my main desktop PC died. I quickly found a replacement at the local Radio Shack store (remember those?). And my PC hasn’t missed […]
Year: 2019
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A little elbow grease goes a long way …
I had some free time today and decided to take my early Kent iambic key apart and clean the tarnish off the brass. It cleaned up nicely, though after my photos I realized I never […]
CW keys
Today’s lesson: A Kent is a Kent is a Kent …
Hi fellow CW buffs, I’m back with an update. Remember the key I purchased some time ago that I noted “closely resembled” a Kent twin paddle iambic key? The contact arms on this particularly key […]
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‘Back from black(out),’ or ‘It pays to renew your domain name’
Well, I’m ba-a-a-a-a-ck! Or more correctly, my website is back. I wasn’t paying close attention to emails from my domain name registrar, but I remember something a month or so back that I had a […]
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The obvious sometimes is not (sigh!)
Sometimes the answer to a question is staring you right in the face. Yesterday I unboxed the Hallicrafter SX-117 I got from eBay recently. The price was right and in the past month I picked […]
classic radio
… and I studied all night for it!
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 — The test I mean — the stress test I just completed. It must have been an oral exam as I didn’t have to write any answers or fill in the […]
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You can tuner piano, but you can’t tune a fish …
Pardon my 1970s REO Speedwagon reference pun, but sometimes you have to go with the low-hanging fruit (or in this case, puns). Tomorrow my plans are to do some maintenance on the roller inductors on […]
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It’s a great rig, but is the Icom IC-7300 actually making used rigs cheaper??
Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 — I recent watched a YouTube video that suggested that the Icom IC-3000 was such a groundbreaking rig at an entry-level price that it will result in the price plummeting for […]
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Kent iambic or Not-A-Kent? Inquiring minds want to know …
Sunday night, Feb. 10, 2019 When is a Kent Twin Paddle TP-1 key not a Kent Twin Paddle key? When its a Chinese copy of one. I was browsing eBay last night and ran across […]
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What do you do when tech support is damn little support?
Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019 — I’m back and still trying to figure out what’s going wrong with this website. The site is powered by WordPress; WP uses a MySQL database as its “engine” to drive […]