Recumbent Conspiracy Theorist

The hum of the knobby tires on the hardpacked earth.  The heightened sense of awareness brought on by endorphins released during intens...

Here is a shot of my computer screen while receiving the ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Propogation Forecast Bulletin which is broadcas...

Here we are saddled up heading off to work and school.  The weather has been picture perfect this week and we actually got two commutes by b...

This morning after coffee and breakfast the conditions were ideal for a bike ride.  Clear sunny blue skies and not a breath of wind.  The te...

I love Morse Code keys.  I have a small collection of keys that represent the different designs that have appeared throughout the history of...

USS Douglas H. Fox DD779  Image contributed by Howard Longstreth to the archive at http://www.navsource.org/   On May 14th I met Andy KB3IF...

Over the past couple seasons I have been running less and less air in my off road bike tires.  Back in my racing days (1994-96) I would u...

On Sunday I managed to get my support lines for the EFHW antenna wires much higher into the tree out back.   The tree is a silver maple who...

Fridays after work I like to go for a bike ride.  Last Friday, I celebrated Arbor Day with a mountain bike ride among the trees at Clear Fo...

A new key at KD8JHJ This year I was lucky enough to receive a tax refund.  After some careful consideration I decided to treat the station t...

Here is a cool insulator from my collection.  It is a power piece made back in the 1930's or 40's.  This color is called amber.  I l...

Warm weather is finally here and with it the bevy of odd jobs such as lawn mowing and garage cleaning are added to the already lengthy to-do...