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An Afternoon With John W1FPZ

Born May 27, 1924, John enjoyed a very full life, as member of the US Army during the occupation of Japan, as a petroleum geologist, traveling throughout the work, as a private pilot who had owned several plans over his lifetime – holding an instrument rating, a...

1928 MOPA Transmitter

Two Stage Telegraph and Telephone Transmitter built by AB9ZG. Though I’ve experimented a great deal in the field, using amateur radio satellites, as a ARMY MARS operator AAR2AJ, and even played with QRP (low power) gear, my interest tends to the early days of...

National HRO Coil

I’m always intrigued when some former owner leaves his handiwork or mark on radio gear from the past. I recently came across the HRO receiver coil and caught my eye how much effort the previous user had put into making up a logging scale for the set. He must have been...

1930s W1UJR Station Now Ready

Had a few minutes this morning to get Scott W9WFA’s old National NC-101X out of storage and onto the new 1930s station desk. I’ll be moving the other 101X over once the restoration is finished, but it’ll be on the workbench for a bit, so time to fire...