bugs
Tuner? I hardly knew ‘er! …
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 — With Christmas rapidly approaching, I can predict right now there’s not going to be any ham radio goodies under the Christmas tree this year. Not that I’m really disappointed. I […]
Year: 2018
bugs
You won’t put your eye out with these Red Riders …
Monday, Dec. 3, 2018 — I know I sure didn’t need to purchase this key, but curiousity got the best of me. The red 1983 vintage Vibroplex Iambic key shown here caught my eye recently […]
bugs
CQ SS makes CW net operations a true contest …
Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 — I don’t keep track of contests, but given the fact that I enjoy checking into CW nets, I should. After a productive Saturday here at home, I was settled into […]
classic radio
For my shack its 1987 again …
Monday, Oct. 29, 2018 — Not much has been happening here in the shack with the exception of increasingly good night time propagation on 75/80 meters. Studio B (my shack in the corner of our […]
bugs
Two McElroy bugs unboxed for the collection …
Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018 — While cleaning out my daily driver, I brought in a couple of USPS boxes that I’ve been carrying around in the back for several months. BOX No. 1: This […]
ebay
Tuner repair job completed once $1.75 part arrives …
Monday, Oct. 15, 2018 — Today I had the chance to go inside my the MFJ-989B antenna tuner I recently purchased cheaply that needed help. The meter had come dislodged, and the drive belt that […]
ebay
New arrival? Yes, well, it seems that I’m an ‘oppor-tuner-ist’ …
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 — I apologize to my readers for this entry in advance because I (again!) have written about antenna tuners. I have written frequently about tuners lately, but I can’t avoid the […]
ebay
When is a roller inductor not a roller inductor? When its an MFJ AirCore inductor!
Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018 — I’m being a bit of a pain this afternoon, and ragging on MFJ’s AirCore roller inductor technology. Honestly, I don’t have a personal bad experience with MFJ’s AirCore rollers — […]
bugs
No telling what you’ll find in the floorboard these days ….
Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 — I found a couple of unopened USPS Priority Mail boxes in the backseat of my old Suzuki Sidekick in the barn this afternoon. Woo hoo! Like Christmas in … September! […]
ebay
If only good HF propagation was available on eBay … (sigh)
Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018 — Another night of El Stinko propagation on 80 CW, so what else is new? I wrote several entries back about the alleged return of decent propagation … well, that night […]