The folks who work for the family-owned hardware store here know that most of the times when I come in I'm not there to buy hardware stuff for the house. Nine times out of 10, […]

My new 1938 McElroy Mac Key DeLuxe arrived in today's mail. This is the third or fourth key I've purchased from the same seller, and he again did a fantastic job packaging it. This is […]

It's been a busy-as-heck non-Amateur Radio day, so I was happy to get to the shack for some quality time with my 1936 McElroy Mac Key and Icom 746PRO. I checked in with the Kentucky […]

I've not been very active on any ham band the last week or so. I'm still very, very happy that my Icom doesn't need to go in for repairs, and its still performing flawlessly as […]

I still don't have my Icom IC-746PRO boxed up to send for repair — and it looks like I won't have to! I bought new boxes to double box the thing a couple of days […]

The midwestern Amateur Radio operator who believes the Roman Catholic Church is responsible for the assasination of U.S. presidents through history, and is in absolute control of the U.S. through its surrogate, President George W. […]

After using my daughter's mp3 player on a recent road trip, I decided that Dad had to have one. I didn't need a name brand, nor did I need one with all the bells and […]

It's been a busy week in radio related stuff. I drove to Ashland for their club meeting Tuesday and spoke briefly and did lots of after meeting talking. Very good time and productive too. Seems […]

I've continued to play with my new Electro-Bug, and trying to evaluate its spring-loaded dot contact screw vs. the Vibroplex-style U-shaped mount for the dot contact. Having tried the key both ways, they both work […]

I've not spent much time at the rig since SKN, but I did spend just a little time with the Electro Bug key that arrived recently. Sometimes I wish sellers would take photographs of the […]