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This is a blog about my ham radio experiences including vintage homebrew, QRP operating and the National Radio company.

Friday, December 29, 2023

National Radio Product Listing

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I have a listing of ham radio products introduced by the National Radio Company. Each entry is linked to a catalog style description of the...
Saturday, April 9, 2022

Summer QRP => Portable Antennas

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Summertime is QRPxpedition time here at W0VLZ. After a winter of playing with boat anchors in the basement I'm ready to get out to...
Thursday, March 31, 2022

A Shack Tour

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This past winter I finished setting up my new ham shack. It has 10 operating positions but (reflecting my ham radio interest in vintage tech...
Friday, March 25, 2022

Building and Using a Push-Pull TNT Transmitter

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My first '29 transmitter was a push-pull TNT. I built this transmitter in 1989 based on an article in the Nov 1930 issue of QST. I have ...
Friday, March 18, 2022

Winter 2022 Vintage Radio

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As of last Sunday my winter 2022 vintage radio season is history. Along the way I was on the air in five different events using 5 receivers ...
Saturday, September 18, 2021

On The Air Again!

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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 ...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

A tour of W0VLZ

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 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...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

A 1929 Transmitter on 14MHz

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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...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

What Do I Sound Like?

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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...
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Friday, May 1, 2020

Push-Pull Colpitts Tips

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(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...
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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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