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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. […]

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Speaking of speakers …

Saturday, April 24, 2021 After a trip to Washington, D.C., I got home to the shack and tonight I finally got back on the air to check-in to the nightly CW traffic net. While I […]

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Found: The missing piece …

Thursday, March 18, 2021 Out of the blue a few days ago, I was browsing eBay’s newest radio auction listings and up popped something rarely seen — a Hallicrafters HA-20 VFO, the matching VFO for […]

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New mailbox gets filled with eBay goodies ….

Friday, March 12, 2021 I hit the eBay jackpot today — two items I purchased a while back both arrived. R-46 SPEAKER. I spotted a rather rough-around-the-edges Hallicrafters R-46 speaker on eBay recently. The seller […]

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Tuner swap, Tempo VFO repair …

Sunday, March 7, 2021 Just got out of the shack following my CW traffic net. Propagation was rather whack-a-doodle, up once moment then in the crapper the second. But we got through the net with […]