Author Archives: doug

This next item is not just a piece of radio history, it is a piece of local radio history. Local being Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It’s a crystal oven for a broadcast transmitter. I don’t know what years it was in … Continue reading →

Last year I acquired a very nice Heathkit SB-620. It was complete, clean and very good cosmetically. I thought that it would make a fun addition to use with my vintage receivers so I undertook the project of getting it … Continue reading →

I recently attended a sale of equipment from the estate of a local ham, Sig Preuss, VE6SP. At the sale I picked up a Hallicrafters SC-38C that was in decent condition cosmetically and that was complete. No, that is not … Continue reading →

When I first built my AllStarLink node I had the choice of using the original AllStarLink software or the newer and more advanced HamVOIP software. At the time I chose to go with HamVOIP. This was not an easy choice … Continue reading →

I had constructed my MMDVM DMR hot-spot using a Raspberry Pi 3 because the received wisdon was that putting the MMDVM hat on a Raspberry Pi 4 would cause it to overheat. My problem was that I found the web … Continue reading →

I’ve been fooling around with DMR for a few years now and figured it was time to build a DMR hot-spot. I had a few DMR radios on hand already. Some Motorola XPR handheld radios in both VHF and UHF … Continue reading →

A couple of my friends have been experimenting with AllStarLink and it looked interesting to me so I thought I would join in the fun. I’ve never had a Raspberry Pi and this gave me a reason to get one. … Continue reading →

I guess we will have to call this a latent post as it is out of chronological order. I undertook this project almost exactly one year ago but I didn’t have this website at that time. Work began in November … Continue reading →

I recently acquired a Hallicrafters S-77A that needed a little work. I’ve been wanting to add a Hallicrafters radio to my collection and in particular I wanted one of the ones styled by the famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy (look … Continue reading →

The purpose of this blog is to share my ham radio activities with others who may find some of it entertaining or even useful. I am a big fan of vacuum tube radios from the 1940’s through the 1960’s. As … Continue reading →