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General Information	ALL ELECTRONICs is gone, but Aretronics is here! All Electronics, a long-time parts supplier for hobbyists, has gone out of business, but employees have started a new company offering many of the same products and promising the same great service: ...  READ MORE	ranickels 10/16/2023	General Information
General Information	Quantum Spectrum - a DSP add-on for low-end SDRs As one who has been playing with small inexpensive SDRs since the days of the Softrock, I've been amazed by how well the simple  yet very effective Quadrature Sampling Detector aka "Tayl...  READ MORE	ranickels 03/12/2023	General Information
General Information	WANTED: Bendix 3206 Power Supply/Mod/IF unit This is an odd and unusual piece of gear,  it's got IF cans one one end and a dynamotor on the other!   It's the back half of the receiver plus power supply and modulator for th...  READ MORE	ranickels 06/08/2022	General Information
General Information	New droplet-based electricity generator A drop of water lights up 100 small LED bulbs A team of engineers has figured out how to take a single drop of rain and use it to generate a powerful flash of electricity. The City University of Hong Kong researchers behind the device, which they...  READ MORE	ranickels 03/29/2022	General Information
General Information	Russian soldiers uses Chinese portable radios Baofung UV-82HP - unencrypted The Russian military has used civilian mobile phones and radios for their communications, including Chinese-made civilian handheld radio, during the ongoing Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. ...  READ MORE	ranickels 03/24/2022	General Information
General Information	Amateur radio transmittting suspended in Ukraine part of a 30 day emergency order Full information here See Feb. 27 update HERE. Some webSDRs now blocking the spectrum around UVB-76 to prevent monitoring of it.   ...  READ MORE	ranickels 02/24/2022	General Information
Ham Radio News	Local IL Ham featured in newspaper article W9JC, Freeport IL A former Honeywell work colleague and local ham friend was recently featured in a front-page story in the Freeport Journal Standard John does a nice job of explaining the relevance of Ham Radio...  READ MORE	ranickels 02/04/2022	Ham Radio News
General Information	This 22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage the crystal set of the 21st century? In August, chipmaker Intel evealed new details about its plan to build a “mega-fab” on US soil, a $100 billion factory where 10,000 workers will make a new generation of powerful processor...  READ MORE	ranickels 02/02/2022	General Information
General Information	The Seasons Best Wishes de KPH Yes, a holiday greeting card from the original KPH, Port Reyes CA.    I don't have an exact date but I would guess late 50s or early 60s because it came from the estate of Roger Kan...  READ MORE	ranickels 12/18/2021	General Information
General Information	Larry Sabella KA9BQR, SK known for his trademark hat, a good guy Lawrence “Larry” Joseph Sabella, 84 passed away Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at Serenity Hospice and Home in Oregon, IL. Larry was born on April 26, 1937 to Daniel A. and Jean M. (Konieczka)...  READ MORE	ranickels 12/14/2021	General Information
General Information	May all your Christmases glow in the dark! wishing you a very Mecky Christmas!   A dark shot of the John Meck T-60 transmitter provides a warm glow for 2021's Christmas greetings! CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE ...  READ MORE	ranickels 12/06/2021	General Information
General Information	Wes Schum, Amateur Radio's Unsung Hero new book released, available on Amazon My friend Nick Tusa K5EF has just released his book on the life of Central Electronics founder and ham radio pioneer, Wes Schum W9DYV.   Wes was not only an innovator but a crack sal...  READ MORE	ranickels 10/30/2021	General Information
General Information	New! Online International Morse generator website Nothing to download, works in your browser Pretty cool, a website that you can enter text into that will play Morse through your browser without any downloading or software: https://morsecode.world/international/trainer/generator.ht...  READ MORE	ranickels 08/23/2021	General Information
General Information	More hamfests return to WI-IL-IA in 2021 it's about time! Hamfests return in 2021 to Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin!   The 2021 DeKalb (Sandwich) and Starved Rock hamfests were great successes!   This was the first time for St...  READ MORE	ranickels 03/25/2021	General Information
General Information	W9RAN wins MCRN 7th place Midwest Classic Radio Net The Midwest Classic Radio Net has been conducted on 3885 kHz AM since 1987 as a salute to classic AM rigs and operation.    The net remains one of the most popular AM nets in the countr...  READ MORE	ranickels 01/08/2021	General Information
General Information	The Old QSL Card site is back who doesn't love old QSL cards? After the old Google+ site was shut down by Google, the amazing online collection of old QSL cards maintained by Bob Green, W8JYZ, has a new home - at his website.     Browse thous...  READ MORE	ranickels 09/21/2020	General Information
General Information	Spartanburg Hamfest - sanity in the age of COVID-19 Intelligent risk-management by attendees Sanity!  Individual responsibility! From the BRARS webpage: Welcome to the Blue Ridge Amateur Radio Society (BRARS) Hamfest By purchasing a Hamfest ticket, You are acknowledg...  READ MORE	ranickels 09/12/2020	General Information
General Information	Beaker Street returns to the air! If you remember it, you were there! If you remember "Beaker Street" it's about the best news ever!   Otherwise this will seem like going to someone else's high school reunion... In the late 60s, for ki...  READ MORE	ranickels 09/11/2020	General Information
General Information	Hamfests Return! A quick look at the Wauseon OH swap on June 6, 2020 Thanks to Rex WA6GYC for this short video of the Wauseon OH swapfest - one of the first to be held in what is otherwise "the summer without hamfests".   Bryan KB8ELG, club presiden...  READ MORE	ranickels 06/08/2020	General Information
General Information	Soviet Spy Radio found in forest (oh yeah, I put that there...I'll take it now thanks!) COLOGNE, GERMANY—According to a Live Science report, archaeologist Erich Classen of the Rhineland Regional Association and his colleagues were looking for a Roman villa in western Germany when t...  READ MORE	ranickels 02/24/2020	General Information
Ham Radio News	Announcing the W9DYV Radio Society honoring SSB pioneer Wes Schum W9DYV Nick Tusa, K5EF,  longtime friend of Wes Schum and organizer of the W9DYV-Central Electronics Technical Symposium for a number of years, has announced that the W9DYV callsign will again be active...  READ MORE	ranickels 02/11/2020	Ham Radio News
General Information	WBBM-AM tower moves to Bloomington IL watch the old tower fall (video link below)   The WBBM-AM radio tower has moved out of Itasca and found a new home in Bloomingdale. After 77 years, the over 680-foot WBBM-AM radio tower came down Thursday in Itasca. The&...  READ MORE	ranickels 08/26/2019	General Information
General Information	Apollo 11 and Collins Radio “Every American voice transmitted from space was via Collins Radio Co. equipment” Those who may be interested in the technical details and the history of the space program leading up to Apollo should find plenty of interesting reading at this site: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/of...  READ MORE	ranickels 07/21/2019	General Information
General Information	Google gets stung for swiping content thanks to embedded morse code Dah-dit hits crash dot-dash cash-bash From The Inquirer: GOOGLE HAS FALLEN for a sting which is said to have proved the firm is 'stealing' data from a rival website. Genius.com, a site specialising in ...  READ MORE	ranickels 06/17/2019	General Information
General Information	Hara Arena badly damaged in Dayton Tornado Drone footage shows extensive damage The City of Trotwood OH is under an emergency declaration and the Hara Arena suffered extensive damage when tornadoes and severe storms moved through Monday night.   Drone footage shows the ...  READ MORE	ranickels 05/28/2019	General Information
Radio Friends	Masa - AB9MQ - has the Coolest Rig in the World (this week) Check out his newly restored Kenwood TS-511DN It doesn't belong to me, even!   Masa AB9MQ has recently acquired one of his "dream rigs" from Japan, a Kenwood TS-511DN, one of the predecessors to the famous TS-520.&...  READ MORE	ranickels 04/05/2019	Radio Friends
General Information	MICROPHONIA! is here Cool mics from my collection and ones I wish were I like microphones.   I have lots of them, and lust after more!   I'll be featuring cool microphonia in the Gallery from time to time, so check back often! ...  READ MORE	ranickels 03/26/2019	General Information
General Information	The Coolest Rig in the World! (this week...or until I say otherwise!)   Borrowing from Little Steven's Underground Garage on SiriusXM,  I will be featuring "The Coolest Rig in the World" on this very website! By what criteri...  READ MORE	ranickels 03/23/2019	General Information
General Information	Making A Transistor Radio in memory of Rev. George Dobbs G3RJV (SK) In memory of G3RJV, here is a link to the excellent book he wrote in 1972 titled "Making A Transistor Radio".   It is in e-book form so you can view it in high resolution color onl...  READ MORE	ranickels 03/12/2019	General Information
General Information	Rev. George Dobbs G3RJV, SK "Mister QRP" to many, a sad loss for the homebrewing and QRP community   The founder of the GQRP Club and Amateur Radio author the Rev. George Dobbs, G3RJV, of Littleborough, England, died on March 11. He was 75. Dobbs was reported to have been in ill health ...  READ MORE	ranickels 03/12/2019	General Information
General Information	Febr. 4 solar activity aka "Rotten Conditions" if this ain't the bottom...you can see it from here! Anyone who operates HF has no doubt channelled "The Old Man", muttering about "Rotten Conditions!" lately. A look at the spaceweather.com site last weekend made it abundantl...  READ MORE	ranickels 03/08/2019	General Information
General Information	K9QET Update AM stalwart net control op and all-round good guy needs your thoughts and prayers Febr. Update: Our AM pal K9QET has left the hospital and prsently is in an rehab facility.   Please continue to include John in your thoughts and prayers for his continued recovery and rehabilita...  READ MORE	ranickels 12/22/2018	General Information
General Information	DX-60 and Mighty Elmac Nets on 75 meter AM Great AM fun!   UPDATE:   Steve W8TOW from near Lansing MI and a long-time friend of N8ECRs has taken over responsibility for the "N8ECR Memorial DX-60 Net" on 3880 kHz, Sunday morni...  READ MORE	ranickels 12/16/2018	General Information
General Information	The Mighty Elmac Net continues Wednesday is Elmac Night!   NEW NET CONTROL:   Rex WA6GYC from Troy MI picked up the Elmac Net on Febr. 27 and did a Fine Business job!   Hopefully he will be willing to continue in this role, a...  READ MORE	ranickels 12/12/2018	General Information
General Information	DX-60 Website Announced Celebrating the fun of low-power AM While everyone who knew Mike N8ECR is shocked and saddend by his untimely passing, we commemorate his legacy of promoting low-power AM operation with the new DX-60 Net website:  https://dx-60.net...  READ MORE	ranickels 12/09/2018	General Information
Radio Friends	Bob Paquette, microphone collector, passes away The Microphone Museum, Milwaukee WI Bob Paquette's microphone museum in Milwaukee was known internationally and he will be missed.   This photo shows only a part of his vast collection, in a 2001 visit by Harry N9CQX and J...  READ MORE	ranickels 12/04/2018	Radio Friends
Radio Friends	Mike Beachy N8ECR - SK "If there's a ham radio heaven, they've got a hell of a net control operator" Dedicated AM operator and long-time net control for the DX-60 and Mighty Elmac nets,  Mike Beachy N8ECR became a silent key on Sat. Dec. 1, 2018.     This is very sad news for...  READ MORE	ranickels 12/04/2018	Radio Friends
General Information	Take the Boatanchor Survey! Let authors and organizers know what you're interested in Take the Vintage Radio Interest Survey:  https://tinyurl.com/boatanchorsurvey   This survey is intended to better understand your vintage radio-related interests for use by vin...  READ MORE	ranickels 11/13/2018	General Information
New Product Announcements	W9RAN's "VERSA-TR" (as featured in Dec. 2018 QST) A Versatile T/R solution for SDRs and vintage radios Inexpensive Software Defined Radios offer excellent performance and value for hams and SWLs, but they lack key features that are needed for actual use on the air: Provision for auto...  READ MORE	ranickels 11/11/2018	New Product Announcements
General Information	Welcome to the new RAN Technology Inc. Website Bookmark this site! The new RAN Technology Inc. /  W9RAN webpage is on the air!   Please bookmark this page and check back often for news and information ranging from vintage radio to the latest developmen...  READ MORE	ranickels 11/10/2018	General Information