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

Sunday, October 30, 2011

A Strain Relief for an End Fed Wire

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Once a friend asked about how to anchor an end fed antenna ( such as an EFHW ) at the rig end. A lightweight QRP rig attached to a 67' l...
Friday, October 28, 2011

On the Air with my Hartley

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The AWA 1929/Bruce Kelley CW Party is coming up the first two weekends in December and the weather has started to cool off here in Minnesota...
Thursday, October 6, 2011

Another Chance to Operate QRP

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Beth and I try to get away at least once a month. Almost always I pack along my K1 (and Beth, a good paperback). This time I also had along...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

QRP on the Road

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Beth and I just got back from a trip covering 4900 miles in eleven western states. I had packed my K1 and 67' end fed wire antenna so ...
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

3S4 QRP Midget

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Last week I paid a visit to my friend Skip, K7YOO, in Winona. While rooting around in his parts storage I noticed a little transmitter. I...
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Spring at Last!

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Spring is here at last, but I did have to drive 150 miles to find it. Some extra time in my travel schedule today gave me the chance to do m...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

More TZ-20 Amplifier

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My TZ-20 Amplifier project has been on hold waiting for some sort of rack to mount it above my 1934 transmitter . I finally got some help fr...
Monday, January 31, 2011

Winter 2011 CX

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Yesterday was the Winter 2011 Classic Exchange . This event offers a great chance to get on the air with older gear. Participants putting mu...
Saturday, December 18, 2010

2010 AWA Bruce Kelley QSO Party

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The last two weekends I participated in the AWA Bruce Kelley QSO. Except for curious visitors, transmitters must be limited to 1929 (or earl...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

80 Mtr Vertical Performance

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I wondered if my 80 mtr top loaded vertical is a good antenna for the Bruce Kelley Memorial 1929 CW QSO Party. Part of the loading is the to...
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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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