What an idiot I am! Today while mowing the lawn, I saw a clump of weeds along the chain link fence that I just had to trim. So I ran the mow...

I had an excellent QSO last night with Dave KK4PQ from down in Albany, GA. 20 Meters was open nicely last night; and Dave answered a CQ that...

Sunny and 72 degrees during lunchtime. Set up the K1 and the 20 Meter Hamstick on the Explorer. Had a really nice QSO with Jim W9KRH down ...

I was able to get on the air for just a lil' bit last night. The Mets game went into extra innings and I had to see the end. Yes, my nu...

This appeared on the FISTS e-mail reflector yesterday. It was posted by Nancy WZ8C, the head of FISTS North America. It is so difficult typ...

I was just reading my e-mail; and I saw a post to the SolidCopyCW group by my friend, Dan Romanchik KB6NU. In the signature line of his e-m...

I guess that most QRP operators (myself inlcuded, tend to forget that not everyone has the QRP "mindset". What is the QRP mindset,...

I've been using my reconditioned Vibroplex Original for about a month now. It's been a lot of fun to use and I've been enjoying ...

Today it reached about 75 degrees during luchtime; so I went outside and fired up the K1 at the back of my Ford Explorer. This time I had s...

Today it is about 69 degrees during lunchtime. So I decided to go out to the Explorer during my break and fire up the K1. The weather was ...

From a previous entries, I mentioned the Technician license class that Marv K2VHW and I were teaching this winter. The final session and ex...

So far, the incumbent is winning. I've customized the heck out of AC Log; but I keep going back to Win-EQF. Maybe it's just that h...

This appeared in the March 19th, 2006 edition of The Advocate, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Attic Salt for March 19 Morse Code in dan...

It's been a few weeks since I finished restoring the Vibroplex Original that I acquired on eBay. Now it's time to use it; as I have ...

The following appeared in today's Toledo Blade, in Toledo, Ohio. It pretty much sums up my feelings about this issue. SOS for a fading ...

Last night was the next to last session of the Technician Class license course that I have been co-teaching since the beginning of January. ...

This comes from right out of the "Stupid Department"; but I am facing a dilemma. The dilemma involves which computer logging progr...

Now that my Vibroplex Original Standard has gone through its restoration process, via yours truly, now comes the time to hook the lil' b...

While Amateur Radio might not make the headlines everyday, we got a mention in the White House report on Hurrican Katrina. The report was ve...

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