Author’s Preface: I have revised my inductor coil table numbers and the narrative text pertaining to it. Clint KA7OEI posted a comment on the syndicated version at AmateurRadio.com. He questioned my Q estimates for the JPC-7 coil, based on his own tests as well as the very low numbers I reported. I owe Clint a […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]