by W1UJR | Sep 19, 2017 | Bruce's Bench 2017
Live To Air – National NC-101X finally back together tonight newly installed coil rack, with the bronze bushings and fabricated band indicator. Slides like it’s on glass, super smooth and low effort. Listening to the melodious tones of the old Gray Hair Net,...
by W1UJR | Sep 19, 2017 | Bruce's Bench 2017
National NC-101X Project – Update Fabricating a new band indicator became a necessity since spare parts for a 80 year old radio are just not something you can find at your local Radio Shack, if you can even find a Radio Shack. So the old sheet metal, aluminum...
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 | Written Word
Intro This was sent when I lived near Buffalo, NY, in the late 1990s. I had just read a story by Bruce Vaughn N5RQ, now a silent key. Bruce has a wonderful story teller, and friend, and an old time radio repairman. If you ever get a chance to read any of his articles...
by W1UJR | Aug 27, 2017 | Restorations and Builds
It started innocently enough; I needed the traditional holiday radio project. The year before it had been the renovation of a R390A receiver, and the year before that was the cosmetic and electrical restoration of a T-368 transmitter. Despite my recent move to...
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