More than half a dozen guys showed up to see the advertised home made tube linear made from scratch by Tom WA5MAZ. There was other stuff, but the home made linear (Tom had just completed a QRP-Labs kit, and needed a bit more power out to make sure) was star of the show. Functionally listed,…

First of all, that’s not a radar dish. It’s a huge parabolic reflector antenna for Gc freqs, possibly for an astronomical purpose. SAC headquarters in Omaha had one, a 45 ft model on 2.2 Gc to send comms to a stationary satellite in 1970. Prior to becoming operational, the techs in charge used it to…

Phillip KI5PFV in Winchester divined that this tower is next to Costco off Memorial around 103rd and even sent in his own pic, taken on a sunnier day. We’ll have more tower pics in the future. The Show n Tell was overwhelmed by Tom WA5MAZ who just bought a Yaesu 2100B 600W linear to go…

First to arrive John KI5OYW won early arrival prize of a ferrite and magnesium forever match, and brought along his new Power Pole crimpers and supplies. Tom WA5MAZ showed his newly made Under Window coax passage made of brass strip and a female UHF connector. Larry W5LQF had a selection of those old HBO and…

Dr Mark and Rosemary, NM0D & KE5CMS, hosted the Evergreen Church Group (EverGreenCG . org) at their hilltop venue Saturday morning 06.13. It’s a great place for Field Day type operations with a large pond (reflecting ground) and plenty of trees for antenna support and shade. That’s Mark K5LGS in blue. Kenny KJ5EKW arrived early…

Tom WA5MAZ, having renewed his license after a few decades, has also renewed his SBE-34 HF rig by replacing a couple of electrolytic capacitors, one of which has begun to exude white stuff. The SBE 34 came out in late 1960s, well before the Kenwood 520 and Yaesu 101. The SBE was all tubes and…

Attending were (Left to Right) Kenny KJ5EKW, Jon W5JCN, Mike KI5YX, Tom WA5MAZ, and newly licensed Ham Anthony KJ5PUZ who has a Tiny SA spectrum analyzer in his hand, a similar and much more fun to use device that uses the same basic parts as a VNA, a wideband sweep generator and matched receiver. 2…

Field Day isn’t that far off, only another 6 weeks to make sure the generator works and the LifePo batt is charged. Everybody at the meeting had the rules (1.4 MB ‘Field Day 2026 Packet’ from the ARL) and we discussed whether to go to one of the local clubs and help out their Class…

Tom WA5MAZ (ex KJ5NMH) is making sure his old Motorolas are up to spec, and bot this Gertsch FM deviation meter in Muskogee for 75 bucks. It’s old, full of tubes, and needs to be at a particular temp to be in spec, so comes with A Mercury Thermometer that contains Hg. It’s a normal…

Last year at Green Country, I thought there were a lot of books, old Radio Amateur’s Handbooks and Callbooks etc. This year I noticed quite a few Kenwood 520 HF rigs (plain 5 band 520, the 6 b 520S, and economy model 520SE without 12V capability and lacking plugs for the 10 Watt 6M or…