I’ve been pondering how to begin this post. The title immediately sets you the reader off to a personal opinion. Yes, it should invoke thought. Whether it’s “He didn’t have his coffee this morning” or “Hmmm ya know…., he might be onto something”, we should consider the state of ham radio’s current inhabitants of the … Read more
As I sit in my really nice old executive chair that a neighbor’s kid gave me around 2 decades ago and watch FT-8 scroll by on 17 meters in the wee hours of the morning while dreading what panic calls will happen from work when the adminisphere folks show up, I’ve come to some 3am … Read more
I should rename this post to “Check Your Config Again, Puhleeeeze, Darn It” or “Things Nobody Else Bothered to Mention to You in Their Beginner’s Guide to FT-8.” Both titles are just too long and make you the reader think I’m in a bad mood. Nah, I’m in a great mood, actually. The cats are … Read more
The first time I did the ham radio thing was back in the stone age when I was a kid, not even a teenager yet. There are two things I continue to remember about that time as WN4DXX / WB4DXX. Number one: How absolutely shoulder-ripping heavy an EF Johnson Valiant transmitter was. Number two: How … Read more
I am and have been, since I was a child, a “what if” person. An Experimenter. A “what can I do to improve xyz?”. Part of that nature led me to a Knight Kit regenerative shortwave radio and then a chance meeting with a patient of my dad’s (he was an eye doctor) who asked … Read more