This from Al Gruenke, KB3JPP:

You will be considered a nerd. Accept it, and move on.
When assembling any electronic device, don’t vacuum the floor until you are finished.
Make sure you know exactly where the coax is before trimming the bushes.
Spray paint the antenna feed lines white to make them less obvious. If you have a tower [...]

One of the problems of staying in Fairborn, is that it’s not really convenient to Hara Arena. You have to drive about ten miles through town, and on Friday morning, much of that stretch has quite a bit of traffic. I left the the hotel at 7:35, expecting to easily get to the arena by [...]

Here’s an interesting news item from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that discusses a proposal for changing the way we define several basic quantities, including the Ampere.
According to this article, the Ampere is
now defined in terms of a current that, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of specific sizes and [...]

Dayton has lost some of its luster over the years, but it’s still the coolest gathering of amateur radio operators in the world. For the second year in a row, I took some time off so I could be down in Dayton for more than just a single day.
My Dayton started at 5 am [...]

I just noticed on QRZ.Com that there is an article dated May 18, 2006 entitled, “FCC Won’t Say Publicly When It Will Act On Morse Code Issue.” Here’s an excerpt:
“They should probably start learning code,” one staffer advised those waiting for the FCC to drop the Morse requirement before upgrading, noting that a Certificate of [...]

I had a great time on the radio this last weekend here at KB6NU.
First off, was the Fists Spring Sprint. The Fists Sprint is a relatively low-key contest, and it’s a lot of fun.
One reason I like it is that it’s pretty short, It’s called a “sprint” because it only lasts four hours from 1300Z [...]

If you’ve ever posted a comment here and wondered why it didn’t appear right away–or maybe not at all–you can blame it on spam. I get a ton of spam comments here, so I have set up this blog to require that I must personally approve comments before they appear.
Take this weekend, for example. I [...]

Despite my joking around that I wanted to be the last living Advanced Class licensee in the U.S., I finally broke down and took the Amateur Extra Class license exam today. I passed, missing only three questions.
I used HamTestOnline to study for the test, taking the test over and over until I was confident I [...]

It looks as though the Op-Ed piece I submitted more than a year ago, “No Ham Left Behind,” is finally going to appear in QST. Look for it in the July 2006 issue.
If you want a sneak preview, it’s here on the blog.

On Friday night, I hooked up with Don W2XB, near Buffalo. In the course of our ragchew, he mentioned that he’s a semi-retired barber. Well, I thought that was amusing, especially in light of the fact, that I recently met Bob WD8BNA, who is a local barber.
I mentioned this to Don and asked him if [...]