Listening to the shortwave commercial stations (along with CB radio) has been a key gateway activity for entry into amateur radio. That was back when commercial shortwave was vibrant and perhaps in its heyday. There is still a very active set of SWLs contributing to the popular SWLing.com website and the legacy work by the […]
A website make-over and expansion has been on the to-do list for several months now. But work on other projects—especially the Magnolia Intertie Inc. and the Radio Experimenter’s Society of Mississippi—has taken precedence. But I’ve started the process…and to poke fun at myself, created the whimsical logo shown at left. As soon as I’ve completed the […]
Most discussions that we hear about “new” hams tend to center around youth. “Well, I’ve been licensed since before diapers were throw-away,” etc. Certainly, the romantic notion of entry into licensed amateur radio operation embraces a young person getting Elmer-ed by an adult who introduces the youngster into the magic of the RF ether. We […]