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, November 4, 2015

One last visit to the Park

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Yesterday it was sunny and the temperature reached 70 degrees, almost 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. Looking at the forecast...
Monday, September 21, 2015

Travels with a KX3

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Big Bay State Park, Madeline Island, WI Beth and I have just returned from a short excursion to Wisconsin. We spent a couple of nights ...
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Monday, September 7, 2015

1T4 / 3V4 Regenerative Portable - continued

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I've tweaked on my 1T4/3V4 regen receiver a little more. (Better headphones for more audio and fixed the bandspread dial slippage/backla...
Saturday, September 5, 2015

1T4 / 3V4 Regenerative Portable - continued

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I've finished my 1T4 / 3V4 Regenerative Portable. Along the way I found Dave's "Regenerative Tube Radio Building Notes"...
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Monday, August 24, 2015

Vibroplex Model X Bug

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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...
Saturday, August 8, 2015

1T4 / 3V4 Regenerative Portable - continued

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After time with chassis punches, drill press, files, nibbler .... I've gotten my chassis finished and the major components installed. Th...
Thursday, July 9, 2015

1T4 / 3V4 Regenerative Portable

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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...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

A Ross Hull Three Tube Regen

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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...
Sunday, May 3, 2015

Spring 2015 in the Park

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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...
Saturday, December 20, 2014

2014 Bruce Kelley 1929 QSO Party

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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...
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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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