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 […]
Month: December 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 […]