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What’s the best way to store and/or display a key collection?
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 — I know that I am not the only key collector who has a great many keys, which leads me to a general query to those who may read this blog: […]
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Hey, Ma!! Look what followed me home … from the online auction site
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 — Here’s a new addition to the collection I hadn’t planned — a post-Knoxville Vibroplex Original in standard finish in perfect, like-new condition. The reason I say that I hadn’t planned […]
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To clean or not to clean — that is the question among key collectors
Sunday, June 30, 2013, 2 p.m. — Actually, there isn’t much of a question in my mind about cleaning up a key that I might acquire — while it ultimately is my key for my […]
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In my mind, there’s a fine line between “cleaning” and “excavating” one’s shack …
Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 10:30 a.m. — Amazing what you can dredge up with a little effort cleaning up … I don’t have a photo of my ham shack posted on my website, and for […]
computers
CQ Field Day CQ Field Day DE KY4Z K
Monday morning – Well, Field Day 2013 is in the books. My plan originally was to travel to the far end of Kentucky and work my way home making stops at Field Day sites along […]
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Homebrew key with an interesting provenance …
Friday, June 7, 2013 — I was working on an NTS brochure for my section when I ran across a wonderful story of a ham who created a bug during World War II while in […]
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Old Morse key buying habits return … with limitations
Thursday, June 6, 2013, 12:15 a.m. — I mentioned in my last post that due to my wife’s illness, I had not pursued additions to my code key collection (other than watching a few auctions). […]
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Checking in after a long sabbatical …
Sunday, June 2, 2013 — I thought I better write an update in my blog before people began to wonder a). If my interest in keys had evaporated, b). I had been physically incapacitated and […]
computers
Virus protection – you’ll wish you had it if you don’t already
Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 1:30 a.m. — Before I go to bed, I thought I would post an update; it has been more than a month since my last entry here. Where does the time […]
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Homebrew addition to the collection arrives Tuesday …
Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 12:11 a.m. — Had a new arrival hit the shack today — a rather rough-looking homebrew bug of unknown vintage. Don’t ask me why, but I like to buy homebrew keys; […]