A DAY IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC ABOARD USS ORISKANY CV-34 U.S. NAVY FILM & More!

And in case YOU haven’t gotten quite enough carrier stuff for one sitting . . .

( you have to click through – can’t post it so here’s the link )

1963 TOUR OF THE USS ORISKANY (CV-34) PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN 16mm FILM . . .

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

Shortwave Oddities / All 3 Volumes

I chased strange signals for a long time – there was a lot out there at one time – and they are still out there – for a time in the 70’s DTMF style tone bursts were “in vogue” – have not run across one in years – that doesn’t mean they aren’t still being used by someone somewhere – it just means I haven’t heard one in a while . . .

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

Got WAY Too Busy & Forgot Six Pack Saturday – #1 Charted Songs / 1965 – Part 4 of 4

Thanks for listening to this 4 part “Six Pack Saturday” – the 25 songs that charted #1 in 1965 – and yes I know there are 7 songs in this part – these were all presented in a total random fashion except the last one . . .

Completely random here’s #24 – Strange how that worked out – “for everything there is a season . . .” – . . .and Roger McGuinn had a 12 string guitar that was like nothing we ever heard . . .

And the last one – what can I say – the more things change? – the more they remain the same – Enjoy this by Barry McGuire . . .

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

Ham Radio – Do antenna tuners help with shortwave listening?

The short answer is there is no short answer – yes I know that’s not an answer . . . There are so many variables that it is very hard to say “definitively” this will work for you. I used the MFJ 16010 from DXENGINEERING on a long wire app. 60 feet long – no unun ( this is where you want to be with a long wire ) – [ A long wire is “seen” as having a 450 OHM resistance and you want to be somewhere in the range of 50 OHMS going to the radio ] – just the simplest wire antenna run in with a banana plug into the unit – banana plug and wire to a Realistic DX160 and it made a difference – you have to change settings depending on the frequency you are trying to listen to – but on that set up with that radio it would make a difference – changing settings on it would take “is that a signal?” laying in the noise floor to something you could hear and understand . . .

So Bruce – is SWL worth the effort? Absolutely it is – the mainstream media quite simply is lying liars lying – I urge everyone to “out source” their information “supply” as much as you can – listen to as many different sources as you can – discern their agenda – THINK about the information and then consider making a decision.

Finalized the layout for my radio/junk room – and with Christmas upon us ( my Blushing Bride is keeping me busy with all that stuff ) I hope to get the pile of junk and boxes into some order by the end of January – I have an Airspy SDR from Nevada Radio UK set up on the dining room table currently – my Blushing Bride IS NOT thrilled to say the least – LMAO!

But Bruce – my new “super high-tech jet fighter” short wave radio comes with a telescoping whip antenna – what more do I need?

Believe it or not – something as simple as this Kaito T-1 will make a difference – the more signal you capture – the more your radio has to work with – and the closer you get that signal to what it is YOUR radio wants to work with – the better you will hear it.

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!