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Last night, QSY Society had our regular monthly meeting and the topic for the evening was a conversation among the members regarding the things about Ham Radio that they particularly enjoy. Everyone in the room was given an opportunity to … Continue reading →

Friday, June 26th was a test to see that everyone could find the Field Day site. I am pleased to say that everyone passed! Now that the storms are gone, it’s time to kick things into high gear and get … Continue reading →

With the warmer weather approaching I figured its time for change. Enter the Icom IC 703+: Just picked it up from HRO last week and can’t wait to start backpacking with it! For a qrp rig it seems to fit … Continue reading →

The Rockmite Yeah so I ordered a Rockmite 20 meter cw transceiver kit about a month and a half ago from Dave Benson(K1SWL) on his website(http://www.smallwonderlabs.com/) to build a ready-to-go, “all in one” qrp cw rig. Fortunately my wait lasted … Continue reading →

Well the bug has bitten me quite literally. I just picked up 3 bugs from ebay: a 1933 Vibroplex Lightning Bug with s/n 106654, Lionel J 36 with name/sn plate missing, and a nice 1920 Martin Junior(Original on a smaller … Continue reading →

Here’s a few pictures of my first homebrew, portable transmatch: I built it out of spare parts in the junk box and from a few gathered at hamfests. I used a typical radio shack plastic black box, they’re usually sturdy … Continue reading →

Greetings all, figured I’d share with everyone a neat little project of mine that I just recently finished. Built out of parts from my junk box and a few from ebay and hamfests I managed to put together this little … Continue reading →