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 […]

I had forgotten about a rather forelorn and forgotten cw bug that I picked up on eBay back last month. Historically, its an important key, though it doesn't look like much. The key is the […]

Yes dear readers, I thought SKN fun was over at midnight Zulu time, but I was wrong! The activity on 80 meters continued without much change after it was officially Jan. 2 2008. After a […]

Despite my flapping-in-the-wind feedline, Straight Key Night was a success and a lot of fun. I still worried over the SWR changes, but the changes only happened when the wind kicked up. I made contact […]

Before I recap Straight Key Night I figured I would throw in a couple of interesting items I watched sell on eBay the last couple of days … both of which were microphones. ASTATIC D104 […]

After lunch this afternoon I ventured into the cold and wind to check the status of my inverted vee. It's intact and undamaged, which is excellent news. The SWR swings are due no doubt to […]

Let me try this update a second time … damn computers, anyway! I've been looking foward to Straight Key Night for weeks, and its been interesting. I turned the Heathkit HW-16 on about 7 p.m. […]

I've been notably absent from the shack the last few days. It's been interesting to watch eBay the last few days, how the listings have dropped off now that Christmas has arrived. I have somethings […]

Christmas duties have kept me out of the shack most of the day today, but after everyone hit the rack I did get back to work on my early Speed-X bug. Earlier today I went […]

I've been spending time on my latest challenge, that early Speed-X bug that arrived recently and shown at right. The key's pretty much been butchered by a previous owner, and from the looks of it, […]