Month: January 2007

The current cycle of high prices paid on eBay for Vibroplex keys will likely peak soon, or that's my best guesstimate. There are still a few bargains among the big-ticket keys, but they're harder to […]

That's about the best way to describe the recent buying splurge I've been on at the eBay Web site. No, nothing too expensive, but steady. I recently entered a Buy It Now bid for a […]

Tonight I checked into the KSN with the 746PRO. I had the Heathkit HW-16 warmed up and ready, but I got to the rig late and the Icom was ready to rock and roll. Glenn, […]

Today I cashed in some hidden “round tuits” I found in the shack, tackling a couple of projects I had neglected for … well, a year at least! I can't find when I bought this […]

As mentioned in my earlier post, I had more to jabber about but couldn't continue on until today. While cleaning the shack recently, I ran across various pieces of eBay flotsam and jetsam that I've […]

Last night while browsing eBay, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. While poking through the just-listed files, I ran across a listing for one of the VERY FIRST Vibroplex keys produced by […]

This was the question I was asking myself earlier this hour after spending some time tuning across the CW portion of 80 meters. I had neglected to fire up my Heathkit HW-16 (to give it […]

After all the fun I've had with my new 1939 McElroy Mac Key Deluxe, today I dug up my old 1936 Mac Key from the spot I'd stuck in in the cabinet. Its been tucked […]

It's been a busy weekend for lots of reasons, and one of those of course was eBay. This Sunday saw a great many very collectible CW keys sold on eBay. I bid — and lost […]

I've only had a few hours to play with my new 1939 T. R. McElroy Mac Key Deluxe, but I'll have to say it is as nice a key as I had hoped it would […]