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Kl7L's 600m Part 5 station Hi Bill - It's been a few years and I'm sort of glad my global wanderings have been curtail...

The Woz scared me for a second -- I tought he was going to leave a hot iron on the desk amidst paper and other flamable items.  But no -- ...

Hack-A-Day had a piece on Cliff Stoll of  "The Cuckoo's Egg" and "Silicon Snake Oil" fame.  I read these books ye...

I'm a few days behind on this.  On October 18 Bob Crane pointed out that Garrison Keillor marked the anniversary of the broadcast ban...

Beautiful video.  Strongly  recommended.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=350&v=bI7sasQsQWI

Was the young lady turned off by his obvious "appliance op" status? Was it the Baofeng?  Would he have fared better with a ho...

DL3AO 1950 SolderSmoke Podcast #200 -- TWO HUNDRED!!!!-- Is available http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke200.mp3 -- Old friends on 17...

The eagle eye of Brent KD0GLS spotted this frame in the 007 movie "Casino Royale."   Wow -- I just knew those GQRP guys had t...

DL1YC Moxon I had a very nice contact on 17 meters yesterday with Jan DL1YC.  It was a rare Moxon-to-Moxon contact, with homebrew 17 met...

Well, really a DC receiver in an iPhone box. I think the Apple iPhone boxes have great potential as project enclosures.  They are...

Thanks to W8SX for alerting me to this.  There is a lot of good stuff on Roberto's site .  He obviously has THE KNACK.  http://rad...

VE3BOF BENCH Hi Bill: This is Clark, VE3BOF, in Hensall, Ontario, Canada. Hensall is located in southwestern Ontario, north of Lo...