classic radio
Kitchen appliance box provided a neat RF surprise …
Monday, Dec. 28, 2020 After shipping out a couple of items sold recently on eBay — and starting to pack up an SB-102 — I had time to take a dive back into the main […]
Year: 2020
rants
Rediscovering the strengths of the venerable FT-757GX …
Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020 Well, the dust has settled from Central Kentucky’s first white Christmas in a good many years. The tree will stay up through next weekend, probably longer. Being a COVID Christmas, we […]
Traffic Nets
SB-102 check-out fails to release the ‘magic smoke’
Saturday night, Dec. 12, 2020 Finally! We’re getting some pretty nice band conditions on 75 and 80 meters in the evenings! I got up to Studio C a little early this evening, and decided it […]
classic radio
FT-77: More enjoyment per dollar than most of my rigs …
Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 I’ve been enjoying my use of the Yaesu FT-77, though it seems that there’s always nearby signal or signals during my CW traffic net that make me wish I had that […]
radio
‘What’s this switch do?’ … or … ‘Curiosity can pay off’
Tuesday night, Dec. 8, 2020 I got up to Studio C early this evening and decided before my CW net that I would pull the covers from the Yaesu FT-77 and check it out, and […]
bugs
Latest Heathkit acquistion rivals the ‘QSY-ability’ of the Swan ‘Too-Drifty’ ….
Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020 The band has been broken the last couple of nights trying to check in on my CW traffic net at 9 p.m. local time. Seems like several nights, thanks apparently to […]
classic radio
Contesting makes the world go ’round, but makes traffic net operation difficult …
Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 The CQ WW DX CW contest this weekend is probably one of a handful of contests that literally fill the CW portions of the active HF bands. I only checked 80 […]
nonsense
The unknowing leading the clueless …
Thanksgiving night For the past 30 or 40 minutes, I’ve been listening to three hams talking together, with 2 of them trying to help a fellow with his audio. The ham had a Yaesu FT-2000 […]
bugs
McElroy to the rescue …
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020 For the last few evenings, I’ve tempted fate — and a bad fist — by putting one of my newest McElroy keys on the air for my CW traffic net. The […]
CW keys
Christmas comes early as new keys get ready to go live on-the-air …
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020 Its been about a week since my last update, and I thought it is time to update my latest CW exploits. I’ve added a couple of new-to-me audio filters and a […]