If this kind of personal nostalgia article triggers you, consider watching some cat videos on Youtube instead. If you were fortunate enough to attend college, think about what you were involved in while there. You could have been an athlete, but the sports team was likely already there when you got your uniform. You could […]
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Inspired by IMSAI Guy…New VNA + Multiport Test Kit on the Bench
If you’re a workbench ham, you like to measure things. Some like to just get a rough cut while others like to be “nuts” about it. There are groups, like Volt-Nuts and Time-Nuts, who focus more on what’s formally called Metrology. Me? I’m somewhere in the middle but tending toward more precise and reliable measurements, […]
Only the Shadow (Board) Knows…
The Shadow radio program was a bit before my time but not my grandmother’s. She told me she would secretly listen to this show on a Zenith table top receiver at her bedside table while my grandfather was working at the bank. Apparently, he didn’t think women should listen to such “stories.” Ma Perkins, yes, […]
Election Ethics and Bylaws of the ARRL: Are They Being Applied to Everyone?
The “goose and the gander” idiom is well-integrated into American culture. It means, of course, that what applies to one person should also apply to another, essentially stating that everyone should be treated equally. This article uses that metaphor with respect to how the ethics of consistent Bylaw adherence play out at the American Radio […]