by W1UJR | Aug 27, 2017 | Uncategorized, Written Word
*Circa August 13, 2005 Today in the middle of a FB QSO with K1MVP the plate blocking capacitor in my 32V crapped out. This was evidenced by an immediate loss of RF, a loud hum and the telltale pegged plate current meter. Even my trusty old buzzard RF indictor, a large...
by W1UJR | Aug 27, 2017 | Uncategorized, Written Word
It had been talked about for months, and now the day was here. I found myself in a rented cargo van, with only 3 hours of sleep, at 4:15AM, headed off to the Rochester, NY hamfest. A Collins KW-1, URT-368 transmitter and a heavy-duty generator strapped securely in the...
by W1UJR | Aug 26, 2017 | People & Places, Uncategorized
This is the rig which formally belonged to Bill Orr W6SAI, the well known author and a former editor of the “West Coast Radio...
by W1UJR | Aug 26, 2017 | People & Places, Uncategorized
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...
by W1UJR | Aug 26, 2017 | Restorations and Builds, Uncategorized
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...
by W1UJR | Aug 7, 2017 | Bruce's Bench 2017, Uncategorized
Ham Radio QSL Cards – In the early days of ham radio, when making shortwave contact with a station across the state was a novelty, across the country was astounding, and transoceanic contacts where nearly unheard of, hams would confirm contact by sending each...
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