I buy a fair amount of electronics stuff from Amazon. Not big items, but stuff like BNC-to-binding post adapters and the SMA-BNC adapters for my HTs. So, I shouldn’t have been surprised when I got an email from them three weeks ago titled, “KKmoon ATU-100 DIY Kits…” The email included link to two ATU-100 antenna tuner kits, several assembled antenna tuners, and three QRP antenna tuner kits.

Today, the ARRL announced that Kermit Carlson, W9XA, has resigned as Central Division director and that Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, the Central Division vice director, has been appointed to replace him. In other words, the ARRL board is pulling the old switcheroo on its Central Division membership and depriving them of a fair and democratic election this fall.

I’ve been doing the “No Nonsense” amateur radio license study guides for almost 20 years now. Yikes! That’s a long time. It’s been a lot of work, but satisfying work. It’s a good feeling to know that I’ve helped literally thousands of hams either get their first licenses or upgrade to General or Extra.