A Blog and Web Site About The McDougall Family
I spent a couple of days on the roads in Eastern Montana. While out there, I spotted this old abandoned house with a tower attached to it. It is just begging to be put to good use once again. And, I would be willing to be the one to put it to good use. I’m […]
Read MoreI am in the process of creating a new web site for my Amateur Radio activities. It is in the very early stages, and will probably change often; but you can check it out by clicking HERE. Eventually, I will be moving all of my Ham Radio posts over to that site. The site address […]
Read MoreI love to collect old radio items. I don’t really go out of my way to find them, but when they find me, I am very interested in picking them up if they are not too hard on my bank account. I found this beauty at a garage sale today. There were a couple of […]
Read MoreI enjoy collecting old radios of any kind. I came across this little gem today at a garage sale for only fifty cents. It is a simple transistorized AM radio with a leatherette case that snaps closed on the back. It runs on 110 Volts or with batteries. The only marking on it is “Passport”; […]
Read MoreHere are some photos of a simple power meter, and a QRP receiver and transmitter that I built in March and April of 2007. All of them were from “Experimental Methods in RF design“. I actually made a contact with another Ham Radio Operator using the setup exactly as shown in the photo with Morse […]
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