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This is a blog about my ham radio experiences including vintage homebrew, QRP operating and the National Radio company.

Friday, September 12, 2025

Putting a Late 20's/early 30's Ham Station on the Air

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On January 1, 1929 new US communications regulations took effect that supported the outcome of the 1927 International Radio Conference. Hams...
Friday, September 5, 2025

AWA 6AQ5 Transmitter (continued)

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  At https://youtu.be/nJgJenvi2x4 I've posted a demonstration video of an entry/novice station as it might have existed in the mid 195...
Monday, September 1, 2025

AWA 6AQ5 Transmitter (continued)

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 I've gotten the power supply built into my 6AQ5 transmitter. I used an old school PS design: a 6X4 full wave rectifier with a capacitor...
Monday, August 11, 2025

AWA 6AQ5 Transmitter

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I've gotten the RF portion of my AWA 6AQ5 transmitter ( https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/pcb-item-12 ) done and tested on 80, ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Vintage Homebrew

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Recently I was asked by the Long Island CW Club to  give a zoom talk about my vintage homebrew projects. The transmitters, receivers and pow...
Friday, April 18, 2025

A Siamese Paddle

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Recently my local ham radio club asked for members to show off homebrew CW keys. I decided to build something that would fit in with the clu...
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Saturday, March 29, 2025

Vinage Radio Homebrew - Handy Links

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QST Magazine 1915 – 1969: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/QST.htm      ARRL Handbooks: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH...
Thursday, October 17, 2024

W0VLZ's Homebrew Gallery

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 Over the past many years I've homebrewed many receivers and transmitters along with several accessory pieces. Go to http://wiegandfamil...
Saturday, September 28, 2024

A 1951 Transmitter for the Beginner

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  With summer wrapping up here in MN and moving into fall I looked around my shack for a 80/40 mtr transmitter to use with my  NC-57   (and ...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

A 1941 Simplified Superhet

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  One of my favorite homebrew receivers is the one I built  based on the "Two Tube Superhet Receiver" shown in the 1941 ARRL Handb...
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About Me

Niel - W0VLZ
I was licensed as WN6ULH in 1966. My first shortwave receiver was a WWII vintage variant of a National NC100A. As a novice I used a military surplus BC-342 reciever and an Eico 720 transmitter. Then, when I left for college, I took a National NCX 200 transceiver mounted under the dashboard of my 1965 Mustang. My stations since then since then have included a Drake TR4cw transceiver and a Drake B line. Today my shack includes equipment dating from the early 30s through current gear operating CW, SSB and PSK31. I've built many pieces of my own gear including tube and solid state transmitters and receivers. My current interests include QRP operating, vintage home brew and the National Radio Company. Read more about these topics on my web site at https://web.archive.org/web/20220604005204/https://www.prismnet.com/~nielw/wa5vlz.htm or emaill me at nwiegand0129@gmail.com.
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