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, August 14, 2013

A Nice Day in Minnesota

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Today, with nice weather and nothing on the calendar, Beth and I headed for Frontenac State Park, one of my favorite places for picnic ta...
Sunday, August 11, 2013

SOTA Trip to Steptoe Butte

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On Sunday, August 4, I went a little beyond my regular picnic table QRP sort of laid back operating. With some spare time while visiting in ...
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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Another way hang a C-Pole

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When winter turns into summer I usually take down my 80 meter antenna and put it away. This year Beth was flexible enough to let me leave th...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

It's not quite Spring in Minnesota

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Last week Beth had an all day conference scheduled in the cities. I had the day free so this sounded like a great opportunity for some QRP i...
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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Spring and QRP in the Park

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Unfortunately spring hasn't yet arrived in SE Minnesota. It has, though, in central Texas. A couple of weeks ago Beth and I were down in...
Monday, January 21, 2013

AWA LC CW Contest

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Last week was the AWA Linc Cundall Memorial CW Contest. I used my 1934 style crystal controlled oscillator-buffer (47 to two 46s in parallel...
Monday, December 10, 2012

Bruce Kelley Memorial 1929 QSO Party

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This past weekend I was able to put a 1929 transmitter on the air and participate in the AWA Bruce Kelley Memorial 1929 QSO Party . I stay...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Bruce Kelley Memorial 1929 QSO Party Preparation

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Last night I set up my station for this year's AWA Bruce Kelley Memorial 1929 QSO Party. I decided to go with my TNT transmitter this y...
Saturday, August 25, 2012

A Choke Balun for Phased C-Poles

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It is important that the baluns used in a phased verticals match, otherwise the phasing, beam pattern and gain won't be as planned. They...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

Phased C-Pole Antennas for some Gain

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How many times have we seen 18 wheelers with CB verticals mounted on their mirrors? Doing this, truckers add a little gain on 11 mtrs. With ...
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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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