I’ve written before about Tom Kneitel, K2AES, known to some Electronics Illustrated readers as “Uncle Tom.” I’m sorry to report that he’s passed. His stuff was always a lot of fun to read.
The Orlando Sentinel article points out that, ‘He was the grandson of Max Fleischer, the cartoonist who had a Miami animation studio [...]

I grilled some chicken for dinner today. Unfortunately, the cheap, store-brand charcoal I bought wasn’t all that hot, so it took longer than usual. Fortunately, though, I used that time to fire up the rig and get on 30m.
At 2130Z, Europe was booming in. I got on 10.118 MHz and started calling CQ. Nearly right [...]

Recently, Ron WB3AAL met Diana Morse, who as it turns out, is a distant relative of Samuel B. Morse. Ron introduced her to ham radio, and now she is KB3NNP and an avid CW operator.
Dave Bushone of 99 Hobbies interviewed her in his latest podcast.

This weekend, I didn’t do a heck of a lot of operating, but I did play radio repairman.
The first thing I tackled was the IC-28A. This repair went a lot easier than I thought.
This radio had a push-on/push-off type of power switch that had quit working. You could push the switch and turn it on, [...]

About a month ago, I commented on the graying of amateur radio. I got the data from a subscriber survey done by World Radio magazine. Below, is all of the data they sent me.
The data was tabulated in November 2005 by Applied Analysis, an independent firm. This company mailed the survey to 1,600 random subscribers. [...]

I recently swapped some e-mail about my Brother Clubs idea with Steve AE6NX. He had asked a question on arrl_prez mailing list about whether or not anyone knew of clubs that had ties to other clubs overseas.
In a subsequent e-mail, he pointed me towards the International Travel Host Exchange (ITHE). According to their [...]

I was listening to NPR’s All Things Considered while eating dinner this evening and heard an obituary for Ernest Lehman, the man who wrote the screenplays for “The Sound of Music,” “North by Northwest,” and “West Side Story.” The host was interviewing Jeffrey Hayden, a long time friend, who happened to mention that Lehman [...]

Last night, I had a great QSO with Don W2LID. Of course, we joked about his call, and I asked him how long he’d had it. As it turns out, he was issued the call in 1937 at the age of 15, so he’s been a LID for 67 years!

As I mentioned, it was a very nice QSO. Don is a real expert at how to conduct a QSO. One of the keys to a good QSO is to ask lots of questions. Practically before I could get a word in edgewise, he’d asked me about my work, why I had a 6 call in the 8 call district, and about the equipment I was running. Through his questioning, we found out that we had some common work experience, he working for Bell Labs, and me working for a competitor, Northern Telecom.

If anyone’s callsign can be a misnomer it’s W2LID. Don’s as far from being a lid as I can imagine.