Dots and dashes make up The radioman’s code. All languages are ciphers, And jargon the worst, That keep the alien out, Far better than stone walls Or barbed wire can. It’s amazing how mot justes, Wrapped in the right accent,
Aram-W6JY – the Armenian-American Radio Pioneer
As many of you know from my recent social media posts, I am striving to resurrect the marvelous hobby of amateur radio that I regretfully put into cold storage sixteen years ago due to other demands on my time, mostly
さようなら、私の友人、河野さん！ Goodbye, my friend, Kono-san!
さようなら、私の友人、河野さん！ [Sayonara, watashi no yujin, Kono-san!] Goodbye, my friend, Kono-san! I still remember that evening at a restaurant in Hiroshima in 1995 when, in complete ignorance, I causally placed the plastic-coated menu at the center of the dinner table, only
Welsh Corgis, Grundig, and England
While out of the country in the month of August, I had just finished posting my ‘Picture of the Day’ (not a whole album!) on Facebook, when, with time to kill before dinner, I chanced to look at Facebook’s Marketplace,
There Are No Coincidences
My apartment is a goodish walk from the parking lot. So, I wasn’t too happy when I discovered after reaching home that I had forgotten my phone in the car. But I decided to make use of the opportunity to
বিদায় ৰঞ্জিত ককাইদেউ … [Goodbye, Ranjit, elder brother …]
Once upon a time, it was the telegram that brought urgent news, good or bad, to family and friends in distant places. Now, a variety of instant messaging services have replaced the telegram that was once transmitted by a Morse
70s’ Music – the Elixir of Life
One of the things that struck me soon after arriving in the US, was how Americans were constantly getting rid of things. No, this was not just the inevitable downsizing after retirement, but, more likely, making room for newer possessions.
Telefunken and Van Morrison
Telefunken and Van Morrison Growing up as a teenager in a small Indian town in the early 70s, the only medium for transmitted entertainment was the radio. TV had not yet reached my town in those days and cable television