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The Vibroplex Original, introduced in 1905, is still being manufactured. For a few years, 1911 through 1923, the Vibroplex Model X was also...

After time with chassis punches, drill press, files, nibbler .... I've gotten my chassis finished and the major components installed. Th...

Since getting a 3S4 QRP midget transmitter I've been thinking about building a receiver to match it. I wanted to use tubes along the sa...

A couple of weeks ago I spotted a radio on ebay that looked really interesting. I've been doing some research on it since then. This r...

It is warming up nicely here in SE Minnesota and the city parks are finally open. Yesterday I took my KX3 along with my 20 meter end fed zep...

It was an interesting Bruce Kelley 1929 QSO Party this year. I learned a little more about using my own 1929 equipment and greater appreciat...

I'm making progress with this year's 1929 QSO party station. The SW5 works OK but I wonder if the grounding may have gone bad over t...

This year's AWA 1929 QSO Party is only about  1 1/2 months away. The Feb 1931 QST cover inspired me to pull my SW-5 off the shelf to ...

A major focus for my spare time this past spring and early summer has been putting a special event station on the air. We ended up making ...

80 years ago crystals were expensive. Hams made do with one or two. Ads for the Utah Jr even touted two crystals will cover 160-20 meters. S...