CW keys
Another holiday, another new key …
Thursday, July 4, 2019 — I trust eveyone had a good 4th holiday. Mine was pretty low key, thanks to a backache I’m nursing. I had plans to do some things outside today but opted […]
ARRL
Radio bug bites, prompts Field Day outbreak …
Field Day 2019 is in the books, and this was my most active Field Day in several years. Since my PC power supply change — and the disappearance of the switching power supply hash from […]
classic radio
Stormy weather, careless wife creates antenna repair work …
I‘ve been enjoying HF operation a great deal here in our library now that my main PC can be powered up and not cause RF hash all across several ham bands. I’ve just not found […]
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 […]
bugs
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 […]
bugs
‘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 […]
bugs
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 […]
bugs
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 […]