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	73 Magazine - Free Online! Category: Friends "There are many interesting Swan modification articles available in the back issues of 73 magazine for free download.  The old 73 magazine archives also contain a lot of useful information on other amateur radios and amateur radio related related topics as well. Since we're all sitting around the house these days, it can provide some additional topical reading material."73 ...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 04/02/2020	Friends
	Just Radios Category: Friends We specialize in high voltage capacitors and resistors for tube radios / electronics. We sell high voltage film capacitors, high voltage electrolytic capacitors, silver mica capacitors and AC-rated line filter safety capacitors for tube electronics. We carry 630 volt & 1600 volt Orange Dips and 630 volt, 1000 volt & 6000 volt tubular a...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 03/10/2020	Friends
	D-Lab Electronics Category: Friends Terry, N6TLU, is truly committed to the vintage radio art.  You'll find lots and lots of first-rate YouTube videos from within his D-Lab headquarters, where he repairs and updates classic gear.  If you have a DX-60, you need his mods - and don't forget to grab an official wine glass....  READ MORE	UncleBrad 03/07/2020	Friends
	Delphi Turns 25! Category: Technology [ The Delphi language is proof positive that all the best things are not necessarily household names.  Not only was Borland's Delphi OOP language (ObjectPascal) superior to every compiled, client-executable solution out there from vendors like Microsoft and PowerBuilder, its IDE was years ahead of its time.  To this day, I compare all the languages I run into to this groundbreaker.&n...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 02/17/2020	Technology
	W9RAN's W6IQY Homebrew SSB Transceiver Category: Friends [Bob, W9RAN checked into the Feb 9, 2020 20M Vintage Sideband Net and sounded great with this one-of-a-kind hombrew piece.  Click on the link above for all the details and lots of pictures.][This] is a three band rig, 80, 40 and 20M, as was popular during the first half of the 1960s when sunspots were low and the money saved helped make SSB more affordable.   It has a fifteen t...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 02/09/2020	Friends
	The Hack That Saved Apollo 14 Category: Technology How on Earth do you patch the software on a computer orbiting the Moon?  Very carefully. ...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 02/03/2020	Technology
	The Geocities Archive Category: Technology [I started professionally developing Web applications back in 1996, where MIDI music, dancing babies, unicorns, insane colors and animated gifs kicked off what has now become a very different (and sometimes very dark) place to "surf" with your morning coffee.]Geocities was one of the first places your average person could make a website for free. The Geocities Gallery aims to a...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 02/03/2020	Technology
	Hallicrafters SR-150 Tech Notes Category: Friends [ Walt Cates, WD0GOF, is probably THE authority on these awesome transceivers.  I was fortunate enough to have him go through my SR-150 a few years back. ]More SR-150 rigs were produced than any other SR series rigs. There were 7 production runs from 1960 – 1965. Documentation on production run 4 authorizes the purchase of parts and build of 250 units....  READ MORE	UncleBrad 01/27/2020	Friends
	Retrocom Vintage CB Site Category: Friends [This site has been around since 1998, when I started the original Hallicrafters Collectors Association (HCA).  If you like vintage Citizen's Band radios, and want to know more about their history, this is still the go-to site.  Glad to see it's still out there!]Welcome to our site we call RetroCom, a collection of images and articles over ten years in the making. Thanks to all w...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 01/11/2020	Friends
	UFO On a Stick Category: Technology [Does this remind anyone else of the The Gods Must Be Crazy?]Stargazers have already mistaken SpaceX’s Starlink satellites for alien spacecraft. Now, CEO Elon Musk says the devices used to connect to the micro-sats will look like UFOs, too.The Starlink Terminal will look like “a thin, flat, round UFO on a stick,” Musk tweeted on Tuesday, noting that users...  READ MORE	UncleBrad 01/09/2020	Technology