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03/31/2013 | The Amateur Amateur: It’s Not Easy Being Green-lessMany years ago, my grandfather used to build radio sets and sell them to his neighbors. Somewhat later, just after World War II, he and my father installed radios in cars for Western Auto. They saved up their earnings and eventually started Hoffman Radio-
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09/28/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: Slippery-Slope TelevisionIt all started because Chuck, N0EIS, told me to set up a SSTV (slow scan television) station.
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02/17/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: One Man's TrashThey say that one man's trash is another man's treasure. In fact, that seems to be the whole premise of many hamfests. But just how true is the expression?
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