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Operating from Studio C; fixing feedline faux pas …
Early Sunday morning, July 19, 2020 I finally checked in on my Georgia CW net from Studio C, using a full 100 watts. The issue I think has been the level of static crashes at […]
Year: 2020
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The Undiscovered Icom: IC-746 may be 20 years old, but it still rocks …
Early Friday morning July 17, 2020 I have another rig ready for eBay — my Yaesu FT-847 HF/VHF/UHF transceiver. I’m nearly ashamed to admit that I didn’t realize all of the rig’s features until I […]
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Audio filter working well after minor repairs …
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 I successfully checked in on my CW traffic net tonight — but not with my SB-102. I was in my regular shack on my Yaesu FT-2000. I didn’t get a chance […]
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Rig is percolatin’ but the RF ain’t AR Effin’ …
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 Disappointing news — no joy in my attempt to check in to the net this evening. I had the SB-102 warmed up and tuned well — it was pumping out 80 […]
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SB-102 on the air!
Monday, July 13, 2020 The SB-102 is alive! It sounds great on receive, and so it was time to try transmit. I had the power supply on the “low” high voltage and was only getting […]
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Where’d these O-rings come from??
Sunday, July 12, 2020 My plan was to spend part of the afternoon in Studio C messing around with my Heathkits — my HW-101, and my two SB-102s. My trip upstairs was delayed because my […]
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Heathkits next on the bench to check out, repair ….
Saturday, July 11, 2020 Last night I unboxed a Heathkit HW-101 I purchased months ago. It’s a pretty clean rig and doesn’t look like it has been chopped up or abused. The rig needs a […]
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Checking out a TS-690S/AT prior to listing it for sale …
This weekend I dug out the Kenwood TS-690S/AT I have had boxed up to sell for four or five years. I bought the rig a dozen years ago to replace a Kenwood TS-450SAT I sold […]
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Yaesu rig is a true solid-state blast from my radio past …
July 4, 2020, 2 a.m. Just a short update to report on my latest eBay acquisition — a Yaesu FT-757GX. Like I needed another transceiver, right? Hi! This was was listed with a reasonable Buy […]
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Doing my part to avert a nuclear strike at my house …
Friday, July 3, 1959 I just purchased a FCC-mandated accessory for my BC-348 / Heathkit DX-100 station — a new CA-1 Conelrad Alarm. If you haven’t heard what Conelrad is, its the abbreviation for Control […]