Monday, April 18, 2016

3S4 x 2 Transmitter and 1T4 / 3V4 Regen

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I've gotten off to a slow start with my mid 50s QRP-in-the-Park Twins. So far only W3BBO in Erie PA has gotten one of my special QSL c...
Thursday, March 24, 2016

3S4 x 2 Transmitter (On the Air)

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I've finished my mid 50s QRP-in-the-Park Twins. Today I put them together and got on the air....unfortunately no responses to my CQ...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

3S4 x 2 Transmitter (Wired)

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I've finished wiring my new transmitter. To help debug a little I did use three colors of wire; black for the ground and cathode circu...
Friday, March 18, 2016

3S4 x 2 Transmitter (Ready to Wire)

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The paint is dry and it looks good. The parts all mounted with no problems. Wiring is next. Looking at the actual underside vs my drawin...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

3S4 x 2 Transmitter (Waiting for Paint to Dry)

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Watching paint dry is never fun, especially since this project needs 2 days for the aluminum primer to dry followed by at least a couple of ...
Friday, March 11, 2016

3S4 x 2 Transmitter (Metalwork Done)

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A major checkpoint is to be done drilling and punching holes in a nice (unattainable these days) chassis. I also try to mount the major p...
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

3S4 x 2 Transmitter (The Plan)

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After building a 1T4/3V4 regen receiver to go with my 3S4 QRP Midget I decided that I needed to rebuild the Midget. What I'm ending up...
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Saturday, February 27, 2016

2016 Novice Rig Roundup Wrapup

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The 2016 Novice Rig Roundup ended last night. It was neat to hear rigs on the air that I haven't heard in a long time. The NRR also g...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Novice Rig Roundup

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I got my novice ticket in 1966 so this year marks, for me, 50 years of ham radio. Back then I had an Eico 720 and a military surplus BC342....
Thursday, February 11, 2016

TNT (and Hartley) Notes

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Recently I pulled two early draft papers out of my files that, I believe, were written by W2SN in the early 80s.  One was "The Saga of ...