Friday, September 20, 2019

FB7 / Parallel 46s Station On the Air

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This week I finally finished up my early 30s CW station using a National FB7 and a homebrew 1934 transmitter . To-Dos that have been sl...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

Drake 2-NT Transmitter

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Last week I traded some of my 1930s heavy metal for a Drake 2-NT novice transmitter. At this point I'm interested in a decent rig I c...
Monday, July 22, 2019

Push Pull 45s

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In the November 1955 issue of QST I found this accolade to the Push-Pull TNT transmitter: A Pair of 45s in Push-Pull The words of Keit...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019

A fix for drift?

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Does anyone else have a slow drift problem with their Hull Hartley? I was looking at mine and spotted something I wanted to check into. ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Push-Pull Colpitts Transmitter - 8

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I've had my Push-Pull Colpitts on the air now for about 3 weeks and 10 QSOs. Notable QSOs have included my friend Lou, VE3AWA, in Ontari...
Friday, March 29, 2019

CW on 3565 KHz

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Push-pull Colpitts power oscillator on 3565KHz with 6 watts into a low endfed wire as copied by VE7SL in British Columbia, 1490 miles to...
Monday, March 25, 2019

It's on the air!

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It is on the air! This evening I had a great 80 mtr QSO with my friend Lou, VE3AWA, in Ontario, 570 miles as the crow flies. He reported a...
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Friday, March 22, 2019

Music to my ears

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It works! Last night I completed the under-the-chassis wiring of my Push Pull Colpitts transmitter. I ended up doing "bus bar...
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Sunday, February 24, 2019

Push-Pull Colpitts Transmitter - 4

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In between shoveling snow and chipping ice here in Minnesota (a common winter pastime and good way to catch up with the neighbors) I...
Saturday, January 26, 2019

Push-Pull Colpitts Transmitter - 3

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I'm making good progress on my new transmitter.  With a lot of help from my friend KE0EXE and his table saw I now have a nice looking oa...