"TU" had a very different meaning when I was an electronics technician in the Navy. I couldn't use that without chuckling each time it was sent. It was an abbreviation to signify a very broken piece o

I'm considering foregoing Hamvention one of these years and attending Ozarkcon. Living in Utah, I can only afford one major event a year, and it looks like Ozarkcon might just reignite that spark in h

I'm not greedy. I'd settle for something a little more vintage - like a KWM-2A :-) Joe, N6DGY

Ice in Wyoming and Montana, so it's all around me. It's about 50 in Pleasant Grove, UT (30 miles south of Salt Lake City). Been lots of rain lately. It was an unseasonably warm February. Our mountains

Looks like a standard grid-leak regen, 'cept with an FET rather than a triode. It is using a "throttle cap" rather than a pot for the regeneration. I suspect this set should give good performance. Joe

73 was the first ham magazine I subscribed to when I got my license back in 1980. It was a few years later till I joined the "League." I really wish I still had all the paper copies of all those magaz

I just heard that song the other day with Jerry Garcia and Old and in the Way. :-) Bluegrass is fun to play. I play guitar, but my fingerstyle is terrible - don't practice enough with all this radio s

There has been at least one person documented as completing WAS with a Tuna-Tin Two.� 40 meters with 250mw would be challenging. Joe, N6DGY

Must be one of them 'foreign' Duracells. We don't call cells 'piles' here in America. Perhaps the battery had a case of hemorrhoids? :-) Joe, N6DGY

I've never been to Ozarcon. Till I joined this list, I wasn't even aware of it. I have attended Hamvention for the past 8 years or so, however, flying out from Salt Lake City. I will be there again th

The rig has a programmable keyer built-in. Joe, N6DGY

When you fold the wire in half and slip it through both holes, that is one turn. Loop both ends through the opposite holes and you have two turns... etc. Every time the wire passes through both holes

The smoke you don't want to see is the magic smoke escaping from components in your circuit. Things never work quite the same following that. Joe, N6DGY

Interesting post. I enjoy music as well, and play guitar. I also have built several vacuum tube guitar amps. (Is there any other kind?) Makes for a nice merger of hobbies. Joe, N6DGY

I ordered two myself a few days ago. They arrived yesterday. Nice looking enclosures. My piggie #143 will will have a pen when I finish building. :-) Now I'll have to trouble Terry for a nice decal! J

Hi Tiana, Another Utahn on 4SQRP! :-) I moved to Utah (Pleasant Grove) from the San Francisco Bay Area 13 years ago. I love it here - the mountains provide endless recreation opportunity, and I'm prep

A friend just shared this link with me. Imagine sending CW with the only power source being your voice! No batteries or AC. http://fhs-consulting.com/aa1tj/newenglandcodetalker.html This looks fascina

Terry, Looks as though I'd better take a set of crystals too. Thanks! 72,73 Joe, N6DGY

My PigRig #143 just arrived in yesterday's mail.� I may start construction this weekend, though I do not have a 40m antenna up at this time.� Joe, N6DGY

I'm on a fast track to get myself back on the air. Among the necessary details is to have QSL cards to send. I received the proof via email and ordered today. Please refer to the N6DGY folder under ph