CQ CQ CQ de W0VLZ

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

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

80 meter vertical

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As I look forward to cooler weather I've starting to think about 80 meters. With the winter months 80 becomes quieter and a better band...
Monday, August 23, 2010

More C-Pole Vertical Array

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After building/using my two C-Pole array I'm starting to rethink my plan. KF2YN's C-Pole vertical array design calls for dedicated C...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

A Two C-Pole Steerable Array

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Yesterday I finally got my two C-Pole phased array up and on the air. In fact, after tuning it a little I easily made two QRP contacts, one ...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

QRP operating at Myre-Big Lake State Park

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This last weekend Beth and I took our camper trailer to Myre-Big Lake State Park near Albert Lea, MN. I had along my K1 and Crappie Pole 20...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

More W0VLZ Operating

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Strong signals are few and far between here at the Shady Creek Resort but I'm still been able to make contacts using my K1 running fiv...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

W0VLZ Operating

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I have almost a week to kick back at a lake resort here in north central Minnesota . As usual I have my K1 along. In the past I would have m...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

The Mitey Mite Beginner Transceiver

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Last weekend I attended the TwinsLAN/3M swapmeet in St Paul, MN. This is always one of my favorite swapmeets of the year. It is open-air in ...
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Monday, May 31, 2010

A C-Pole Antenna for QRPxpeditions

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I've finished yet one more version of my Crappie Pole antenna, this one based on KF2YN's ground independent vertical antenna (or C-P...
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Monday, May 24, 2010

An SW-4 Mystery

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A friend of mine noticed that my National SW-4 shown at http://www.prismnet.com/~nielw/nat_list/sw4.htm uses what looks like standard SW3 ...
Monday, May 17, 2010

A 20 Meter Crappie Pole Vertical

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This past weekend we had nice weather here in southern Minnesota....mostly sunny and temperatures around 70. I spent some time working on a ...
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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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