Nice newsletter. I enjoyed the Brutus pictures. I have to go to that some year...

Small Wonder Labs SW30 CW transceiver. Built in a nice home made case. Bottom clamshell is PCB painted white and the top clamshell is blue textured aluminum. Works great. Not really used after I put i

I still have the SW+30 transceiver for sale. Built in a nice home made case. Bottom clamshell is PCB painted white and the top clamshell is blue textured aluminum. Works great! $75 shipped or best off

I know everyone has been talking about the sunspots this week but the far support on my W3EDP is down so my antenna is drooping badly. Well a local guy called me on the phone this evening, I think abo

I hope everyone has a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year. Remember the Reason for the Season. Dan -- KB9JLO

Snowing here in Central IL and blowing like crazy. That light drifting snow. Right now 18 - low tonight is supposed to be -16, high tomorrow -7. Tuesday supposed to be more 'normal' like. I got out of

Been cold in beautiful central IL. I just looked and we're having a heat wave - 13 F! We still have snow on the ground. Sure has been a weird winter. I don't remember this much snow since I was a kid.

It's cold here but decided to come down to the shack. I tuned around 40 M and stumbled onto W1AW/2 at 7.205 SSB. I tried a couple of times and what would you know? I got him. I couldn't believe it. HU

Getting freezing rain in central IL today. I couldn't get out of my driveway to get to work. Wind is picking up now. Hopefully it will get in the 30's as they forecast. 73 Dan -- KB9JLO https://sites.

That is a beautiful setup. Great JOB!! 73 Dan -- KB9JLO https://sites.google.com/site/on30ng/

We were threatened with 9" of snow Saturday night - Sunday morning. We cancelled a trip to see the kids in MI. Rearranged things and were all battened down. Got up Sunday morning and it was more like

Jim, I will not be going to Branson this year. If you don't sell the K1EL, let me know what you want for it? How does it decode? I need a little help. Not too much help, just a little. Dan -- KB9JLO

I'm looking for an old Regency HR-6, 6M crystal controlled FM transceiver. I'm not a collector. Just looking for something cheap and simple to talk to the locals. It doesn't have to be pretty. I would

Does anyone plan to work SSB? I tried last month and didn't hear anyone. Called CQ for a long time around the QRP freqs. on 40 & 20. Dan - KB9JLO

I know Terry participated in 13 colonies special event and made a clean sweep of all the stations! I just finished the colonies - trying to get the last bonus station WM3PEN for a clean sweep of the s

Thanks Johnny, keep after it. And if you have to look for that "thing" with the curly cord on it. It's called a mic! Hee, hee. But seriously this event is a blast. I recommend it to everyone. 73 Dan -

They are an awesome crew. They do such a good job and it is such a fun even to participate in. There are plenty of LIDS - but you don't mind because it's so fun chasing them around the bands. I did a

I've been working on a CNC project for quite some time. One of those I'm going to finish this someday projects... I changed my motor controller over to an Arduino based design that uses the Pololu mot

Phil, please add me to your list as well. I'm interested plus I'm interested in starting a study group in the local club. Dan -- KB9JLO

Awesome. He does such good work. 73 Dan -- KB9JLO https://sites.google.com/site/on30ng/