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If you're doing rework with descrete components, this tool is the bomb! 35+ years ago I started out with one of those short fat blue desoldering tools from Radio Shack ( it's so old I can't even find an image of it). It served me well for many years but its limitation was that it might not...

I like that Kenwood has put an 8 series back in their lineup. I doubt I'll ever buy one, but...

Nice! I had a TS-830S for about 20 years and foolishly sold it. I had an SM-220 and VFO-230 to go with it at one time. I had a TS-820S for a short time. Then a few years ago I bought a clean TS-520SE off eBay. Since then I've gotten an MC-50 microphone for it (the third one I've owned), the...

Thanks, but I sold it on Monday and it went to USPS yesterday and is on its way to its new home. I keep it quiet enough in the shack that I can easily hear the hum of the RS-50M under the desk. I have it supported off the floor which reduced its noise considerably and I can still hear it quite...

I've minimized the ability of the rope to abrade against the tree by routing and using a pulley in a key location. It has been close to a year since I inspected the rope closely. What I see from the ground still looks good.

The supply has been sold and is on its way to the new owner. :) For those interested, I posted more technical details in the Product Reviews section.

Because I shouldn't have to fix a new item? Because the item information should have been honest about how loud it is? I'll admit. I got suckered.

So far, still available and still unused a year on. :(

Even ARRL published a Q&A guide up to right before the VE system came into being. I know, I bought one for the Tech/General in '82 or so. Unlike the Bash books, which I've never actually seen in person, the book was touted as to being similar to the actual exam questions, but not verbatim, etc.

SWR will aggravate common mode currents, but a good shunt system will greatly minimize their influence. All of my coax runs have their shields grounded at the tower where they pass through a grounded bulkhead buss bar. Then before they come into the shack there is another buss bar where the...

Add wind generators to the list as well. When I still ran HF mobile in the work truck up until a couple of years ago, I would drive through a wind farm around Diller, NE on NE 8 and I would lose the Central States Traffic Net on 7.2535 as I drove through. The noise floor raised enough that...

Per Wikipedia, the FOIA was signed into law by President Johnson on July 4, 1966 and became effective on July 5, 1967. If I understand correctly, Dick began his efforts sometime in the mid to late '70s and I never heard that he used FOIA to obtain the exams. I'd always heard that he would...

Different noise sources. The noise floor (NF) is generated inside your radio by its circuitry, also known as thermal noise. It is the noise that is heard when the antenna is disconnected/connected to a dummy load. If the noise level rises when the antenna is connected on a "dead" band such as...

Welcome! Better late than never. :)

In addition to CQRlog, I also use WSJT-X and Fldigi (the latter not so much these days it seems). I use YAAC for APRS monitoring. I also use various development tools--Emacs and Xfce Terminal--to work on Hamlib and some other stuff. I've started playing with SKCC Logger running under Wine for...

I guess! My busiest days were in early 2000 right after Restructuring was announced when I was the VE tema leader in Wichita, KS. In this locale I get, at most, one or two applicants a couple of times per year.

Brings back memories of Kenwood ads from the '80s. I don't know why I seem to recall the TS-120S having a red LED display, but it clearly did not as it's blue like the TS-820/S. Back in late '85 another local and myself were teaching a Novice class. One of the students bought a TS-120S and...

I bought the RigExpert AA-230 Zoom a bit over a year ago as a package deal from GigaParts on an eBay listing. The package included a USB cable (maybe that came with the analyzer, I don't recall) and a NANUK case. It allows me to keep the whole works together. It does a variety of measurements...

Congratulations and have fun!

IPO is just a marketing name for "RF preamplifier". Some brand purists will argue the point, but that is what it is. I rarely engage the RF preamp until I get above 20m. ATT is the RF attenuator which helps to keep the receiver from overloading especially on the lower bands with stronger...