bugs
The collection is shrinking, just not fast enough …
Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 — I’m finally getting my two eBay sales sent off today, I’m late on one but early on the other. One of the keys was a fairly rate one, an AC7AZ […]
Year: 2022
bugs
Thoughts on ARRL, ARES, ad nauseam
Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022 I just found out that the state ARRL Section Manager resigned after his state emergency coordinator resigned. Steve Morgan, WA4NHO, has served several terms as SM, and for whatever reason opted […]
CW keys
New mini-J36 key arrives; RIP ‘5-Dit John’ …
Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 While I’ve been on a sales tear of late in regard to my CW key collection, I did do something a little unusual — I purchased a new key for my […]
bugs
Saying goodbye to part of my key collection ….
Thursday, July 28, 2022 I’ve been making some headway in Shack A, which will eventually be my wife’s sewing and hobby room. The floor is mostly clear, and I have boxes of stuff marked “Sell” […]
bugs
Shack excavation begins …
Monday, July 18, 2022 This afternoon, my son and I finally got down to business in my original shack and made a significant dent in the start to clean it out and move it upstairs. […]
ARRL
No joy this station Field Day 2022 …
Sunday night, June 27, 2022 My 2022 Field Day plans — which were pretty much messed up by the late delivery from DX Engineering — went more haywire than anticipated on Saturday. For starters, my […]
CW keys
DX Disappointment on the eve of Field Day 2022 ….
Friday, June 24, 2022 Starting with a positive note, the bag of 4-40 stainless steel machine screws I purchased on ebay arrived a couple of days ago. I quickly replaced the bent screws with new […]
bugs
New/old rig back on the desk …
Saturday, June 18, 2022 With Field Day just a week away, I’ve decided to pull out an old favorite rig and make it my main rig for Field Day operation — an Icom IC-756PROII. Its […]
ham radio
God Save the DX … and all that rot …
Sunday, June 5, 2022 It’s been an interesting weekend radio-wise. I decided to go upstairs to Studio C earlier than usual (which means before 8-8:30 p.m.). I tuned across the higher bands — 10, 15 […]
rants
Back from blog quarantine …
Monday, May 23, 2022 Well, folks, I’m back — well, actually, my blog is back. I haven’t gone anywhere. My blog however is a different story. First, the account that hosts this blog and several […]