Kit Transmitter I Built a Long Time Ago

It was a dual band. Single crystal for each band, not included. I ordered the crystals from JAN. I only got 2 of them. I was stuck on 2 frequencies. CW transmitter. I had an antenna switch to switch the antenna coax from transmitter to receiver. The old fashioned way. A good way to start. I didn't know that when they said that the 50 ohm antenna connector was impossible to match the 50 ohm coax so my swr was useless. Then finally, by getting onto vhf 2 meters, I was able to meet hams, after the license pool and books and a code practice tape. Getting to Technician class for 2 meters was a must back then.

I met Ron, NY2B and he had an antenna tuner. I finally got the thing on the air. My first contact was on 40 meters to upstate NY from LI, NY.

License Study Guide

I tried hard to study this book, but without help or a question pool, I didn't know if I needed to memorize all of this, or just understand most of it. So getting my Novice class license didn't happen for many years after studying this book. Amateur Radio Novice Class License Study Guide 2nd Edition By Jim Kyle & Ken Sessions.

It wasn't until there was a question pool, and books that were more focused on what to learn that I was able to have some confidence to know what to expect on the exam.

Morse code at 5 words per minute was a breeze.

This Sucks, Someone Already Has WW2S on Twitter.

So I had to use ww2sradio. There are no tweets from that user. I wonder what's going on.

How to Add Counter and Statistics to Your Blog Using Google Analytics

I've seen some suggestions to add the tracking code to the main HTML but that didn't work for me. Infektia suggested adding a gadget consisting of HTML/Javascript module and that did work.

The process is to get a google analytics account, which is free, and when you are presented with the code, copy and paste it into the new module that you added on blogger. It's that simple. Works great.

Before any statistics are gathered, however, it takes at least 24 hours. It seems to update once or twice a day.

Free Websites Are Awesome

Even if it is just a blog, it still is pretty cool.

WW2S Amateur Radio First Blog Post

Better than, "Hello World."