T-368 Transmitter Registry – Email Me To Add Yours
T-368 Singing For It’s Supper Of all the T-368 transmitters known to have been manufactured, and yes there are ways to track these things, only a few are known to still exist. Email me to add yours to the list! Total manufactured: 2251 Total known units: 103 I...
If You Build It They Will Come (In). – Regenerative Receiver
If You Build It They Will Come (In). Regenerative receiver kit from Borden Radio Company. Wind your own coil. Building like old time radio. Plays like a dream. #hamradio #shortwave #kit #ifyoubuildittheywillcome #arrl #awa #hamradio #amateurradio #w1ujr
Tonight Radio Surgery – National NC-101X
Tonight, Radio surgery. 1937 National NC-101X shortwave receiver. Replacing 80 year capacitors. Four down, seventeen to go. Making ready for another 80 years. - Bruce
Estate Planning – Some Thoughts About Radios and Plows
Intro The following is a reply to a friend via email, about the offer of a set from my hometown of Buffalo, NY. It's something that has been on my mind the last few years, he just provided the opportunity to share it. - Bruce Hi Bob, A long answer to a simple...
National NC-101X Project – Status Update
Progress continues tonight on the National NC-101X project. First real desoldering and parts replacement work. Remove and replaced dry rotted old line cord and chassis feed through grommet. Installed new a three wire line cord, with grounding chassis, for electrical...
Rotten Radio in 1917
This is the letter that started the entire "Rotten" series in QST, written by "The Old Man" himself, not other than Hiram Percy Maxim. Rotten QRM By “The Old Man” This QRM business is getting my Nanny. Here it is midnight, and this msg. from a fellow whose girl has...
April 9, 2011 – Building and Installing The Retro Helper For The Retro 75
Another homerun from Small Wonder Labs, the "Retro Helper" allows the Retro 75 transceiver to use the receive VFO as the transmitting VFO. No longer are you "rock bound" on two xtals, you can tune and transmit on the same range as receive. My rig covers 3835 to 3886...
April 9, 2011 – Collins 75A-1 Alignment and Service Inspection
It had been some time since the old girl has been on the bench, dating back to my 2006 restoration. Thought I'd take another crack at aligning the IF as I was not certain it was spot on. The original crystal in the crystal filter was slightly off it's target frequency...
April 3, 2011 – When Good Transformers Go Bad – BC-348 Receiver
I love the BC-348, it was my first tube receiver as a young shortwave listener, so I was understandably delighted to find another some years back. This orphan from World War II has always had a place in my radio collection. Generally, once recapped, the sets are quite...
March 19, 2011 – Elecraft K2 – Adding 60 Meters and RS-232 Control Board – KIO2 and K60XV Modules
Full computer control of the K2 is possible with the KIO2 installed, the KIO2 provides true RS-232 levels.The system is compatible with most contesting and logging software, including some Mac based programs.The KIO2 Programmer's Reference provides extensive...