rants

Still off the air (sigh!) …

Friday, Aug. 27, 2021 My station remains off the air while the dipole that serves Studio C is laying on the ground. I go to the shack each evening and monitor my Georgia CW traffic […]

classic radio

Tempo 2020, SX-117 returns

Friday, July 30, 2021 Tonight I decided its time to move things around in Studio C — time to remove the Omni V.9 with a eye at putting one of my Heathkit SB-102s in place. […]

ebay

Time to sell some rigs …

Sunday, July 18, 2021 After doing some research, I found that the VCO issue on the Ten-Tec Paragon is pretty common, and is usually fixed by reflowing solder joints. The affected VCO is the under […]

radio

Paragon problems — zoinks!

Thursday, July 15, 2021 This evening I went to the shack and decided to switch back from the Ten-Tec Omni V and put the Paragon back in line. I was surprised when I turned the […]

ebay

A little ketchup here …

Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Time to do a little catch-up here on the Zedman’s blog. FIELD DAY. Due to a busy day away from the shack, I didn’t spend much time working Field Day. I […]

Hallicrafters Hoo-Hah

A little sanding, a little primer …

I dove into my Hallicrafters R-46 speaker refurbishing project today. I had to collect equipment and materials in order for me to get the project started. Believe it or not, but 35 years ago, I […]

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R-46 refinishing project launched

My latest ham radio project is refinishing a very rough Hallicrafters R-46 speaker. The case is in good physical condition, but the finish is pretty awful. The speaker’s grill “cloth” isn’t really cloth, but a […]