W0VLZ

Welcome to W0VLZ's (formerly WA5VLZ) web page. Here's where to find out about Niel Wiegand, W0VLZ and his ham radio interests.

Read Niel's blog about what he is doing in the shack these days

Ham Shacks Old and New

• Past and Current operating positions at WA5VLZ/W0VLZ
• 60 years of Amateur Radio Station K5CF (SK)

QRP

• Recent QRP operating (blog excerpts)
• W0VLZ/WA5VLZ QRP operations
• YouTube video showing W0VLZ and his K1
• W0VLZ's station in a box
• W0VLZ's station in a lunch bag
• Three Crappie Pole Antennas for 20 Meters
  • A Crappie Pole Dipole - A little low but it works.
  • A Crappie Pole Vertical - Good performer but takes up a lot of space.
  • A Crappie Pole C-Pole - My favorite.
  • A pdf version of Niel's presentation about his quest for a stand-alone 20 mtr portable antenna (1.6 MBytes)
• Homebrew paddle for my K1
• Anchoring the Rig End of an End Fed Wire

The National Radio Company

• Radio Bay

Vintage Homebrew and Restoration

• Picnic Table QRP with a mid 50s Slant
• A 1920s Transmitter in 1934 (blog excerpts)
• A State of the 1928 Art Transmitter (blog excerpts)
• A Three Tube 1934 Transmitter (blog excerpts)
• 1939 Boots for the 1934 Transmitter (blog excerpts)
• Building and Using a 1951 Beginner/Novice Station
• Operating a late 20s/early 30s ham station
• Push-Pull 6L6 Oscillator Transmitter - A 1940 design
• Read about the Hero of Hallettsville
• A 1928 Regenerative Receiver
• A 1930 TNT Transmitter
• A 1930 Receiver for the TNT Transmitter
• A One Tube Transmitter
• A Two Tube Transmitter
• A Three Tube Superhet
• Improving the Three Tube Superhet
• A CW Monitor
• A Tabletop Rack
• Restoring a 1940 Thordarson Transmitter

Other

• Creating Photo QSL Cards
• W0VLZ Contesting (blog excerpts)
• Niel's HBR-16 Project
• Niel's Feb 2005 Classic Exchange Experience
• Building a Ten Tec 1054 Shortwave Radio
• Niel's "Loaf Pan 1056" twenty meter receiver
• A report on Niel and Mel's talk given at the Jan 2000 meeting of the Rochester Amateur Radio Club: Remembering Real Radio - a walk through the radios of the 30s through the 60s
• A report on Niel's May 2006 talk given at the Rochester Amateur Radio Club: Homebrew Vintage Radio

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