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	Ballast Tube data and substitutions Here's some information that isn't often needed, but difficult to find: A. P. Jacobi's Ballast Tube Handbook and Substitution Guide. Download from the "Attachments" link below.... READ MORE	W9RAN 08/234/2023	Tech Library
	Electricity Explained We've heard there is some confusion about how electricity works. This should clear things up.... READ MORE	W9RAN 08/214/2023	Tech Library
	A Poem about Morse Code A member of the Long Island CW Group thought he'd give one of those AI chatbot sites a challenge. ..he didn't expect much but got a real surprise... In a world of signals, hidden and grand,A language of dots and dashes, hand in hand.Morse code whispers, in rhythm and sound,A symphony of messages, profound. With a simple click, a dot appears,A fleeting moment, to the listening ears.Short... READ MORE	W9RAN 06/172/2023	Brass Pounding
	The History of the Car Radio Seems like cars have always had radios, but they didn't. Here's the story:One evening, in 1929, two young men named William Lear and Elmer Wavering drove their girlfriends to a lookout point high above the Mississippi River town of Quincy, Illinois, to watch the sunset. It was a romantic night to be sure, but one of the women observed that it would be even nicer if they could listen to music in ... READ MORE	W9RAN 06/171/2023	Looking Back
	History of the Car Radio Seems like cars have always had radios, but they didn't. Here's the story: One evening, in 1929, two young men named William Lear and Elmer Wavering drove their girlfriends to a lookout point high above the Mississippi River town of Quincy, Illinois, to watch the sunset. It was a romantic night to be sure, but one ... READ MORE	W9RAN 06/171/2023	Looking Back
	DIY Layout Creator If you're like most homebrewers, often times you just want to build a one-time-only circuit and end up with a haphazard layout or one you have to tear apart and start over on to get everything to fit. DIY Layout Creator is designed for just this purpose! Not only do you get a layout that will work but a document that shows what you did so when you come back to it 3 weeks ... READ MORE	W9RAN 05/125/2023	Tech Library
	Minimalist QRP Book by IZ3AYQ Everyone probably remembers building - or at least thinking about building - a small simple transmitter or receiver from an article in one of the radio magazines. They may not have used the term "minimalist" back then but the idea was the same - no frills, just a simple rig that could be easily assembled and was capable of being used on the air. Nowadays, QRP opera... READ MORE	W9RAN 04/105/2023	Tech Library
	The NEW WBCQ - 9330 kHz - Last Chance Radio superstation Everyone who listens to shortwave is familiar with WBCQ, Monticello Maine USA aka "the Planet" and it's owner Allan Weiner who has been a legit broadcaster for many years after a youthful flirtation with pirate radio. But if you think WBCQ is a rag-tag collection of old SW transmitters held together by baling wire attached by Timtron - you are WAY out of calibration! ... READ MORE	W9RAN 04/91/2023	Monitoring Post
	Mr. Harvey Wells, Kelley W8GFG (SK) Long-time particpants in the Midwest Classic Radio Net will remember Kelley W8GFG, who was always looking for "anything Harvey Wells". We lost Kelley too young in 2011 but his persistent quest from St. John IN is an abiding memory. I remember meeting him at a Chicago area hamfest and asking if he had any spare Harvey Wells speakers. He said no, they were very ... READ MORE	W9RAN 03/89/2023	Welcome to the Shack
	One Man's Quest To Revive The Great American Vacuum Tube ROSSVILLE, GEORGIA, ON the border with Tennessee, doesn’t look like a tech town. It’s the kind of place where homey restaurants promising succulent fried chicken and sweet tea are tucked among shuttered businesses and prosperous liquor stores. The cost of living is moderate, crime is high, politics are red, and the population has withered to 3,980.But in the view of entrepreneur... READ MORE	W9RAN 03/87/2023	What's New?

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