Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
Simulated Emergency Test (SET) scenarios
Severe Weather Reference Card
ARES Moments - 10 short articles for a club bulletin promoting ARES participation.
My Amateur Radio Adventures
Classic Rigs at the Dayton Hamvention from 2007.
Classic Rigs at the Dayton Hamvention from 2009.
Antique Splitdorf Crystal Radio. This little radio belonged to a friend of mine to whom it was given by a neighbor who said it belonged to her grandfather.
QRP Low Power Ham Radio
Articles
"The Internet is a Wonderful Thing!" from WorldRadio, February, 2008. This story follows a trail that began with my 2007 visit to the RSGB and how chasing some details of a TPTG transmitter owned by Barbara Dunn, G6YL, the first licensed female operator in the UK, led to a 70-year old QSO with a ham in Ohio.
"A Bit of Radio Row in Brooklyn?" from WorldRadio, December, 2008. This story touches on New York City's famed "Radio Row" and Leeds Radio, a survivor from the golden age of radio. The editor omitted my two footnotes. The first credited a quote from Walt Gezari, N2EEZ, describing Radio Row in its heyday: http://www.eham.net/articles/2910 The second footnote was for the Leeds Radio web site: http://www.leedsradio.com/
"Getting an 'Almost' Wrinkle Finish on Diecast Aluminum" from The QRP Quarterly, Winter 2008. There are lots of procedures for finishing diecast aluminum. I did a fair amount of research amongst the alternatives and settled on a pretty simple and straightforward way to get a great-looking finish for my Hi-mite 20 meter QRP rig.
"A Lost Dit of Vibroplex History" from QST, February 2009. This is the story of Edward F. "Buck" Buchanan, United Electrical Manufacturing, Horace G. Martin, a Wall Street crash, the little town of Norcross, and the rare Norcross Vibroplex bugs.
Publications of historical importance rescued from obscurity and posted on the web for the benefit of all hamkind.
Museum Ships on the Air
2009: USS Alabama (BB60)