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 | Written Word
Meeting Fred Hammond VE3HC About that transformer story…it’s true! It was done for me, although I would not be surprised if Fred has not done that for someone else. When I first acquired my RCA BTA-500MX a few years back, one of the low voltage transformers was burned...
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 19, 2017 | Bruce's Bench 2017
Continued on with the restoration of the National NC-101X today. Removed the sheet metal enclosure, which required removal of all knobs again, then carefully undid the front drive gear, part of the rack and pinion gear set that moves the “catacomb” coil...
by W1UJR | Jun 2, 2017 | Restorations and Builds
A Work of Art – “A Collins Time Capsule Found” By Bruce J. Howes W1UJR October 2, 2006, just after 9:30PM EST, on a small peninsula on the Maine coast, a Collins 30K-1 amateur transmitter, serial number 32, returned to life after a 48-year hiatus. RF Deck and 4-125...
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