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 After almost a year off the air I'm finally back with a working antenna system.   Before my move I started thinking in terms of a trap ...

 Last Sunday Phil, WE0K, stopped by. I'm lightening my load in preparation for a move and Phil was acquiring a heavy load. While Phil wa...

This year the Bruce Kelley Memorial 1929 CW QSO Party will include 20 meters. I decided to see how my Push-Pull Colpitts does on 14MHz. It...

Have you ever gotten a 597 signal report after putting a lot of time and effort into building that new rig copied from an old (or really old...

(As questions/answers/tips concerning my Push-Pull Colpitts come up I'll post my thoughts here.) How do you get this transmitter on freq...

I first started on this project over 15 years ago. I wanted a 6L6 based transmitter with a spotting function . Over the years it has gone ...

After putting my Drake 2B on 30 mtrs I immediately started looking for a matching transmitter.  The trouble is, the WARC bands like 30 mtrs...

Recently I noticed the optional crystal frequency chart in my Drake 2B manual. It shows that a 14.0 MHz crystal allows you to listen to WWV ...

Each year around Thanksgiving through about New Years I give up my 40 mtr vertical. That vertical makes a great support for our Deck Chri...

Another BK is in the log. This year I worked ten other '29 stations. K0SM/W2ICE was worked outside of the party hours so Andy does not s...