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New/old rig back on the desk …

June 18, 2022 admin Comments Off on 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 […]

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God Save the DX … and all that rot …

June 6, 2022 admin Comments Off on 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 […]

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Back from blog quarantine …

May 23, 2022 admin Comments Off on 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 […]

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… and now a TR-7 with a D-104 …

March 27, 2022 admin Comments Off on … and now a TR-7 with a D-104 …

Sunday, March 27, 2022 In the past week, I successfully wired up a new-to-me D-104 mic for the Drake TR-7. In preparation for the big DX contest this weekend, a lot of stations were testing […]

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Xiegu X6100: My first (and second) look …

March 5, 2022 admin Comments Off on Xiegu X6100: My first (and second) look …

Saturday, March 5, 2022 The Xiegu X6100 is my second Chinese-manufactured QRP transceiveer. Several years ago I bought on of the RS-918 clones transceivers, back about the time they were being frowned on because they […]

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What a difference a CW filter makes! …

March 1, 2022 admin Comments Off on What a difference a CW filter makes! …

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 For the past week or so I’ve been operating my Drake TR-7 transceiver with my new Noble Radio 8-pole CW filter. Noble Radio makes a number of really neat accessories for […]