Recent content by codeman

Oh yeah ready to get some miles on it for sure, I probably will swap out valve covers sometime down the road.

Well it took longer to get the my Chevy ii back on the road then planned. LOTS of fitment issues. Bad brand new master cylinder, my mechanic had to make new bracket for the power steering, etc etc. I finally got to take a quick trip. The motor feels good and it will cruise 70mph at 2200 rpms. I...

Quiet in west Texas.

I still kick my self for not going to see Merle Haggard when he was at Floore's Country store a few years ago. He passed away April 6, 2016

Skip has been weak for me the last few days. Quite in morning, but picks up later in the days. I have made a few contacts from Texas to the west and east coast, but they were quick and conditions would drop out. I was in Baton Rouge yesterday and made a very short contact with Joe in northwest...

605 is just south of Cisco, a place called Carbon,TX. I go through that area fairly often and have talked to him a couple of times. I think he runs a base and a mobile.

Getting closer to getting the Nova back on the road. We ran into issues with the driver's side valve cover not fitting due to the alternator and brake booster. So, I got a smaller alternator and eliminated the brake booster. I will see how that goes hahahaha. I guess my right leg will get a...

Just wondering if anybody has heard Wallygator on 38LSB. A couple of years ago he was always getting his name called. I talked to him once while we were both in the Austin, TX area. I remember him telling me he had a job where he traveled, but he wasn't a driver. Seeing if anyone has heard him...

Late Sunday evening the dx was strong south of San Antonio. I made quite a few contacts on AM and a few on ssb. All stateside. Monday morning I talked with a station in Exeter, England while traveling through Houston. Then Wednesday I talked with a station in the Netherlands while in the Dallas/...

Busy on the radio down in south Texas, but I don't have much time to play. Too much going on.