I wanted to liven things up on the front of a Kentucky Rifle Hunting Pouch so I did some beading on the front flap and on the scalloped edge along the inside a top of the bellows. This pouch is lined with red and white Gingham check cotton fabric. The strap is oil tan cowhide 5-6 oz the rest is chromium tanned deer skin and the rolled edges is goat skin. This pouch is also Read More …
Small house on the Million Dollar Highway north of Coal Bank Pass in Colorado.
Castle Rock has been used as a landmark for several hundred years. In the 1800’s Castle Rock was a landmark on the Butterfield Overland Despatch route. Castle Rock received its name because it is said to look like a castle rising above the prairie. This interesting chalk formation is on private range land. The two rut path leading back from the dirt road is quite rough, portions of the track having up to 18 inch deep ruts. Read More …
My wife and I spent the night here at Muley Point at an elevation of 6,230 feet inside the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area just down/up the road from Goosenecks State Park outside of Mexican Hat, Utah. It was a very peaceful rest over night. We woke up before sunrise and made our way to Flagstaff, Arizona. Muley Point is a wonderful place to just get away from all the hustle and bustle the life Read More …
The Ararat Shrine Hambash was finally here. We had just got back the weekend before from the Green Country Hamfest in Claremore, Oklahoma. There was not too much on my list of this to get at a hamfest but we wanted to make a day trip up to Kansas City, Missouri anyway. This is the 3rd year in a row that we have attended this Ararat Shrine Hambash. This year it was PACKED. I mean Read More …
This year we decided to camp at the Expo for the Green Country Hamfest. They do have a small county run campground next to the Expo center. My wife and I left before the sun even thought about coming up from west central Missouri. We took nothing but back roads all the way to Bartlesville, Oklahoma. You say why Bartlesville? Well we actually had another event that we wanted to attend before the hamfest and Read More …
Well not exactly! I thought I let the magic smoke out of my ICOM IC-706. Furthermore, I was messing around the back of the radio with it turned on I bumped something and POOF! Radio shut down and would not turn back on. I checked the fuses on the power cord and they were fine. I opened up the chassis and peeked inside and found nothing out of the ordinary. Then I spotted a fuse Read More …
Ever wanted to see inside a ICOM IC-730? Well here is your chance. I do enjoy taking pictures inside of radios and electronics.
I never have tried WPX RTTY yet. I previously learned that there was a 2019 CQ WPX RTTY Contest the weekend I happened to be at my in laws. Yours truly setup an off center fed dipole in the backyard about 10 foot off the ground. Then I tuned around to see what I could find. This RTTY contest is all new to me. I tried to setup the software and macros is always cumbersome Read More …
I Got A Screw Loose! Yours truly was moving things around today and rearranging my shack trying out new configurations and such. I noticed that my LDG Electronics Z-100Plus tuner had a SO-239 that felt loose. I got out my screwdriver and opened up it case and peeked inside to see if I could remedy the problem. Sure enough a nut has come loose from the stud that is inside the housing. There are no Read More …