For part of the 35 years Tom WA5MAZ wasn’t active, he designed some com’l HVAC system Control Boxes. Having bot a QMX plus from QRP-Labs, he now wants to make his own QRP rig and thinks the control box (of which he has a bunch left over) could be repurposed to his QRP design (with…

John KI5OYW brought in this 16 in circumference 2M direction finding loop on the 2nd Thurs club mtg and showed us the result on his VNA. John likes loops, having previously made a 5 ft HF model using 2 in wide copper tape and some high voltage variable caps. This one uses 1/4 inch copper…

Not only was Logan KJ5EDE first to arrive, half an hour early, but he also had the nicest rig for sale, a Yaesu DX-10 HF and 6M With CW Filter, for $1,100 bucks asking price. Total attendance could have been around 50 guys with maybe 10 to 12 vendors, one of which was Mike KI5YX…

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…