Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 — It has been a rather surprising 24 hours here in the Zed’s Ham Radio World, one with a lot of nostalgia and both good and bittersweet memories. Received a social […]
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 — I bought a vintage (i.e. ancient) Beugler striping tool set as reported in this space earlier, and it arrived a couple days ago. Boy howdy, it REEKS of “vintage” … […]
In my last entry about the Halli HA-5 VFO checks I made, I found that the 40-10 bandswitch didn’t change the output of the VFO — it remained steady on 40 Meters regardless of […]
Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, 1 a.m. — Good news to report from the shack … I’ve been curious about the Hallicrafters HA-5 and if the thing was actually working. Despite my last tests, I detected […]
Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 — Success! Success! Woo hoo!! That’s right, I received the needed 6BA7 tube in this weeks mail, so tonight I decided to go to work on the Hallicrafters HA-5 VFO. The […]
Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, 12:20 a.m. — I have been doing more cleaning in the shack this evening, but as you might expect, no Beugler yet. But I did spend some time working with the […]
Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015 — I’m STILL in the hunt for that Beugler pinstriping tool … the side benefit of course is that there’s more of the shack floor visible, hi hi! I have a […]
Wedneday, Oct. 14, 2015 — The hunt for the $&@*& Beugler pinstriping tool continues while my patience grows increasingly thin. After another coat of paint late Monday, the base looks excellent; all I need is […]
Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, 12:50 a.m. — Just finished cleaning up a Chinese K4 straight key I ran across languishing beneath my operating position desk. It has a couple of specks of rust on one […]
Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 — I’m still working on my J-37 keyer/straight key combo, and I think I’m close to getting ready for paint. I’m going to go with the traditional pre-WWII japanned base with […]
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