Feb. 1, 2021 This evening before my CW traffic net, I decided to try to calibrate the Knight V44 VFO I got running again and connected with my Knight T-60 transmitter. There are two trimmer […]
Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 I recently sold the Yaesu FT-77 I purchased a few months ago after I was able to get the radio’s transmit function restored. I had to make some other changes to […]
Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020 I found out first-hand why so many classic radio owners switched their microphone chassis jacks from the old Amphenol 2-pin connector — as used on Hallicrafters, Collins and other vintage gear […]
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 The 80-meter band appeared to have died again just prior to my 9 p.m. ET CW traffic net; tonight I was joined on the net by my Kentucky colleague, AD4DX. Willis […]
Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 The FedEx man was like Santa Claus here at my house this morning — he brought me two HF rigs from opposite ends of the country. Rig 1 is a (literally) […]
Early Saturday morning, Aug. 15, 2020 I ran across an SDR receiver I ran several years ago, and decided to try it out again now that I have a decent antenna up outside the library. […]
Early Sunday morning, July 19, 2020 I finally checked in on my Georgia CW net from Studio C, using a full 100 watts. The issue I think has been the level of static crashes at […]
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 I successfully checked in on my CW traffic net tonight — but not with my SB-102. I was in my regular shack on my Yaesu FT-2000. I didn’t get a chance […]
Monday, July 13, 2020 The SB-102 is alive! It sounds great on receive, and so it was time to try transmit. I had the power supply on the “low” high voltage and was only getting […]
This weekend I dug out the Kenwood TS-690S/AT I have had boxed up to sell for four or five years. I bought the rig a dozen years ago to replace a Kenwood TS-450SAT I sold […]
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