VE7SL - Steve - Amateur Radio Blog

Readers may recall my summertime blog, " Finding Your Best Crystal Radio ‘DX Diode' ". It described a theoretical method I tri...

VE3AWA - TPTG 210s After the most recent running of the AWA’s Bruce Kelley 1929 QSO Party , a group of dedicated ‘29 enthusiasts and builder...

Before the HF maritime CW bands were closed back in the ‘90s, I spent many enjoyable hours listening to ships and maritime coastal stations ...

O ver the past few weeks I’ve had time to examine many dozens of diodes, mostly germanium, in my crystal radio diode collection. Many of the...