Photos from The Early Television Museum 2025 Fall Swap Meet19
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 9: Final Thoughts31
The Early Television Museum Fall 2025 Swap Meet - Hilliard, OH - October 18th40
A Viz WP-705 Power Supply part 2: Musings on faults47
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 8: Finishing up and final checks.44
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 7: The Rebuild.66
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator intermission: That's not right!60
You know the stuff you're working on is old when...60
A Viz WP-705 Power Supply part 1: Analysis.85
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 6: Removing everthing.106
Some pictures from the 2018 Dayton Hamvention87
Pictures from the 2025 Cleveland Hamfest114
Random board shot: A Biamp electronic crossover96
The Cleveland Hamfest - Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in Berea, OH - Sunday September 28th108
Modifying the Ikea Inspelning smart plug for always-on operation.163
The 2025 Central Pennsylvania Hamfest161
Johnstown Swappers Day 2025185
The 2025 Findlay Hamfest173
A Workman Electronic Products N71-067 Power Supply - The Repair217
A Workman Electronic Products N71-067 Power Supply368
A Knight "Space Spanner" regenerative radio.404
Photos from the 2025 Cincinnati Hamfest501
The Cincinnati Hamfest - August 9th 2025.364
Photos from the 2025 Columbus Hamfest514
The Columbus, OH Hamfest - August 2nd 2025407
An easy fix for this GE Microwave Oven.471
This is Project's 4th anniversary.434
Connecting a shared drive and file sensor to Home Assistant Green.510
A Zenith X184 Clock Radio - AA5 capacitor replacement part 2488
A Zenith X184 Clock Radio - AA5 capacitor replacement part 1418
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 5: It's gonna need everything.400
DNS issues with the Home Assistant Green458
Some interesting items I brought home from hamfests this year.670
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 4: Repairs439
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 3: Diagnosis?465
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 2: Testing490
Photos from the 2025 Breezeshooters Hamfest.635
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 1: Observations661
Photo(s) from the 2025 SVARC Hamfest726
The 2025 Breezeshooters Hamfest - June 8th 20251,033
Saturday's photos from the 2025 Dayton Hamvention.799
Friday's photos from the 2025 Dayton Hamvention.819
Crap from eBay #2 - "High cost, high value"630
The 2025 Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest - May 24th 2025992
The Dayton Hamvention is happening in a week.830
Crap from eBay #1 - "Doubles as a tube tester!"735
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 7: Wrapup709
A Tricraft Products Corp SM-101 Filament Checker710
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 6: Troubleshooting677
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 5: Resistors709
Photos from the 2025 ACARA Hamfest.878
Photos from the 2025 TUSCO Hamfest898
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 4: The power supply.861
Two hamfests this weekend, April 26 and 27.778
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 11 - Wrapup and final thoughts.864
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 10 - Final assembly and test.969
Photos from the 69th annual CFARC hamfest.914
I'm not going to "just ground it!" because the Internet says so.871
High tariffs - high cost electronics parts - what's this going to do to the hobbyist?748
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 3: Parts886
The 69th Annual CFARC Hamfest is this weekend.932
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 2: Revisiting944
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 9 - Testing the rebuild.1,040
Some thought on nostr after a few months.768
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 8 - Rebuilding the rest of it.989
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 7 - Rebuilding the filter.1,077
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 6b - Testing the power supply.960
What's inside one of those can capacitors?722
The Linksys WML11B media player - it's time to say goodbye.825
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 6 - The power supply.1,067
A new documents library home here at wereboar.1,072
The Dayton Hamvention is only about 11 weeks away!788
My misadventures with a Home Assistant Green1,499
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 5 - A different approach.1,134
What I did with this thing - The Waage 066 test box.938
A Simpson 715 AC VTVM998
The Heathkit EK-1 multimeter.1,104
This is a test of the gallery plugin for Flatpress.885
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Intermission.1,226
What do you mean I have a problem?1,069
I've done a little maintenance on things here at wereboar.901
The SCARF 2025 hamfest in Shade, Ohio.1,035
I guess the wire was supposed to be the fuse?876
What to do with this thing? The Waage 066 test box...893
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 4 - Parts.1,162
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 3 - Schematic Corrections.1,122
An Unknown 2-dial TRF radio part 2: Identifying things inside.1,108
Federated but disassociated social networking via nostr.859
The Sunday Creek Amateur Radio Federation Hamfest - January 19th920
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 2 - Testing.1,114
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 1.1,152
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - Wrapup and Bumblebee Capacitors.979
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - part 4: Doing the work.900
More thoughts on the Olson TE-189934
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - part 3: Layout considerations.943
It's that time of year - get your Dayton Hamvention tickets early!1,113
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - part 2: Getting back on it's feet...1,017
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Does it work, and final thoughts.925
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 4 - What actually was replaced?893
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 3 - finishing up with parts and wires.852
Selling something and you've asked AI to write the description? Good luck!851
A look back at 2024's hamfest and shows.1,060
The December Scott Antique Market1,094
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - The Waiting Game.932
A Waterman OCA-11A “industrial / pocket” oscilloscope - Part 2: Tubes!962
The Heathkit IO-10 Oscilloscope - Part 1: Observations944
Tales from the eBay universe.975
The Heathkit IO-21 Oscilloscope - Part 1: Observations977
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 2 - I only wanted to replace some capacitors.964
The 1970s live in this Elenco M-1200 meter.987
Some miscellaneous NIXIE devices to a new home.913
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Intermission: Parts903
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 1.968
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Considerations999
My 2025 Hamfest and Show List2,783
Photos from the November 2024 Scott Antique Market.992
The B&W Model 200 Signal Generator Part 3 - setting it aside for now.895
An Unknown 2-dial TRF radio.970
The B&W Model 200 Signal Generator Part 2 - Diagnosis937
The B&W Model 200 Signal Generator1,020
Pictures from the 2024 Fort Wayne Hamfest984
Pictures from the Ft. Wayne hamfest on the way!936
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator - Wrapup, set-up, and final thoughts.1,113
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Some notes on parts.987
An Olson TE-198 C-R Analyzer Part 2 - What should we replace?1,004
An Olson TE-198 C-R Analyzer1,064
I found the 60Ω resistor in my Heathkit IG-72 socket.1,041
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 7 - I think we're done...1,115
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 6 - We're back up and running.1,117
An EICO 242 FET VOM978
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator1,303
A Westinghouse H-636T6 AA5+1 Radio - It lives*1,058
The Aerovox Model 97 LC-Checker1,181
The 2024 Fort Wayne hamfest1,161
A Waterman OCA-11A "industrial / pocket" oscilloscope.1,071
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 5 - We're not done yet.1,110
Pictures from the MARC 2024 Hamfest1,017
I hit 1000 views on a post - Thank you!1,036
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 4 - Final - No need for repairs.1,185
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap.1,080
A Westinghouse H-636T6 AA5+1 Radio962
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 3 - Do I need parts?1,163
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 2 - Suspicions. 1,273
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 1 - Observations.832
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Wrapup and final thoughts.1,176
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 8 - And, we're done.1,047
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 7 - On the importance of checking your work.1,144
NTE Electronics is gone.1,084
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6e - The rebuild is done.1,128
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6d - Almost there!1,157
Fixing the Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator1,100
email services for pygg.xyz have been terminated.997
An interesting Westinghouse Radio1,063
An audio analyzer project idea from years ago.978
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6c - I was only going to run a few wires.1,043
Photos from The Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest 20241,202
That weird lightbulb in Heathkit - and other - test equipment.1,043
Some notes from The Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest1,072
The Aerovox Model 97 Inductor-Capacitor Checker1,065
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6b - Continuing the power supply.1,143
Salary is confidential? Your response should be thanks, but no thanks!1,032
An interesting modular digital trainer.1,087
Pictures from the 2024 Cleveland Hamfest.1,162
The Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest1,040
Pictures from the Cleveland Hamfest are on the way.1,004
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6a - Starting the rebuild1,246
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Component Notes1,205
The 50th Annual Cleveland Hamfest is happening this weekend.1,195
The McMurdo Silver “Sparx” Model 905 Signal Tracer - Photos874
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 51,161
The McMurdo Silver “Sparx” Model 905 Signal Tracer - Update1,161
A couple more Ohio shows that I may get to...1,050
What were they trying to do here?1,092
The Phaostron 666 Multimeter from 1958.1,178
The Findlay Radio Club 2024 Hamfest1,124
The McMurdo Silver "Sparx" Model 905 Signal Tracer1,233
The 2024 Findlay Radio Club Hamfest is this weekend.1,161
Pictures from the 2024 Johnstown Swappers Day1,759
The 2024 Johnstown (Ohio) Swappers Day Flea Market1,430
It's interesting how old data just keeps kicking around.1,065
The NRI (Conar 200) "Appliance Tester"1,196
Has it really been 30 years?1,172
The PACO B-10 Battery Eliminator and Charger1,189
These giant selenium rectifier plates1,178
I've added a mastodon feed to the blog.1,156
Pretty good for just pulling it out of a junk bin.1,158
The 2024 Coolspring Power Museum Show1,303
The 2024 Miami Valley Steam Threshers Association Show1,300
Have you ever wondered what's inside of that device?1,061
The Columbus 2024 Hamfest1,385
My haul from the 2024 Columbus Hamfest1,206
It's time to clean out some stuff - maybe to Dayton 2025?1,108
Pictures from recent shows are on the way!1,060
The dial lamp can be more important than you think.1,340
Replacing the filter capacitors in a Hallicrafters S-38C1,265
A recruiter once told me that a company was a poor choice. They were right.1,112
Creating a useful 404 page for this blog (and flatpress in general?)1,201
Fun with Chrome?1,213
The Columbus Ohio hamfest - Saturday August 3rd 20241,337
A cheap Chinese radio kit.1,162
The RCA 151 Oscilloscope1,193
The Westinghouse 54884B Watt-hour Meter Standard.1,195
Yet another test box - The Waage Model 066.1,426
Remember Geocities?1,174
Pictures from Coolspring Power Museum's Spring Expo on the way.1,170
Minor imperfections. Priced to sell.1,226
pygg.xyz, the former home for this blog, is nearing it's end.1,334
Breezeshooters 2024 - What I brought home.1,436
Pictures from Breezeshooters 2024 Hamfest.1,687
Don't stay at toxic workplaces. 1,226
The Breezeshooter's Hamfest is next weekend - June 9th 2024.1,502
Finding old wereboar posts in search engines?1,439
Hamvention 2024 - Sunday's Pictures.1,661
Hamvention 2024 - Saturday's Pictures.1,623
Hamvention 2024 - Friday's Pictures.1,668
I've had a few questions about the images here.1,295
Hamvention 2024 - Sunday's Stuff I Didn't Need (Ok, I'm just buying it because it's cheap!)1,385
Hamvention 2024 - Saturday's Stuff I Didn’t Need (mom it followed me home!)1,398
Hamvention 2024 - Friday's Stuff I Didn't Need (but it jumped in my car I swear!)1,445
Only one show on the calendar for June.1,308
The Dayton Hamvention is this weekend!1,442
My favorite part of opening old devices is...1,235
MFJ has announced they are closing their doors.1,369
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 41,423
A new LinkedIn scam.1,311
What I took home from TUSCO 20241,310
The 2024 TUSCO ARC Hamfest1,390
If you're planning on going to the Dayton Hamvention...1,405
Stuff I brought home from Cuyahoga Falls 2024.1,070
A Radio Shack 28-177 Crystal Radio Kit - Conclusion1,537
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 31,465
A Radio Shack 28-177 Crystal Radio Kit1,592
The 2024 Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest1,451
This 1986 Ford Radio.1,458
Imagine taking this 29-cent LED bulb back to 1955...1,328
Just some minor equipment repairs - cord replacements1,306
Remember these things?1,250
Tip Plugs for older test equipment are still purchasable.1,402
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 21,508
No amount of whining will get you that information.1,378
April Hamfests1,428
Dayton Hamvention is only about 6 weeks away.1,503
By the power of the sun!1,373
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 11,572
Pictures from the Scott Antique Market1,512
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 01,501
An unusual 115VAC demand meter.1,528
I guess making a complaint does work.1,410
Magic Eye Tube kits from China1,406
Multiple email SPF records? Yeah, go away kid, we don't care.1,371
All of the documents currently in wereboar’s archive - Part II.1,440
An IMD-202-2 for parts...but let's take a quick look anyway!1,363
Magic Eyes - glowing green magic from the vacuum tube era.1,450
That oddball connector on old test equipment...1,407
The Sunday Creek ARF Hamfest 20241,526
The Sunday Creek Hamfest has come and gone,1,361
Stabilizing the oscillator in the IM-1212 Meter, part 21,494
Mistakes were made - a long long time ago.1,411
An odd little part - single plate selenium rectifier.1,451
Stabilizing the oscillator in the IM-1212 Meter1,487
Another IM-1212 Meter. For some reason.1,455
December 2023's Scott Antique Market.1,465
All of the documents currently in wereboar's archive.1,452
The Regency EC-175 Frequency Counter Manual1,548
2024 Hamfest List2,053
I have to fix the equipment before I fix the equipment.1,481
An MMD1 8080 Trainer1,546
Random board shot: The Bell (Model?) Telephone Desk Speaker1,493
The Heathkit IM-1212 in operation. Kind of.1,474
I didn't take it because it's not enough money...1,448
An odd thing with Flatpress...1,484
Pictures from the November 2023 Scott Antique Market1,575
Pictures from the Fort Wayne Hamfest 20231,463
November 2023's Scott Antique Market1,484
A Heathkit IM-1212 from the Fort Wayne Hamfest - making it work again.1,573
DC Calibration of the Heathkit IM-1212 NIXIE DVM1,661
Notes from the Fort Wayne Hamfest1,438
Testing the Aliexpress Supercapacitor UPS.1,569
I finally got around to testing the supercapacitor UPS.1,384
pygg.xyz is gone.1,459
Did Espressif fix their RF spurs?1,558
An infrared camera for about $401,511
Pictures from Findlay 20231,459
A Supercapacitor UPS? Does it work?1,482
Findlay 2023 has come and gone.1,050
Neat things at the Johnstown Swapper's Day 20231,911
The Findlay Radio Club Hamfest AND The Johnstown Swapper's Day1,652
Pictures from the 2015 Dayton Hamvention1,506
Pictures from the 2015 Findlay Radio Club Hamfest1,414
The only two pictures I took at the 2016 Hamvention1,439
My haul from the Columbus 2023 Hamfest1,593
The Columbus 2023 Hamfest1,541
Checking out a Heathkit AG-7 Signal Generator1,717
Random board shot: The Atari 26001,566
Pictures from The Dayton Hamvention 20031,428
Checking out an Eico 145 Signal Tracer1,757
Random board shot: AT&T PBX Surge Suppressor1,556
This little werepig has settled in his new home.1,486
I didn't drag home much stuff from Butler, but...1,475
My new home for my project blog is here!1,566
The Breezeshooters' Hamfest 2023 - Butler, PA.1,706
Dayton purchase: An HP3440 NIXIE DVM1,460
Dayton 2023: Stuff I drug home.1,621
The Columbus (OH) Hamfest - August 5th 2023.1,662
The Breezeshooter's Hamfest - June 4th 20231,565
The Dayton Hamvention 20231,786
The Dayton Hamvention 2023 has come and gone.1,522
Monster.com has become nothing but noise.1,038
Random board shot - The Textolite "T"1,496
The TUSCO Amateur Radio Club 2023 Show - Junk I Took Home.1,660
The TUSCO Amateur Radio Club 2023 Show1,670
The 2023 Dayton Hamvention is almost upon us!1,624
My haul from the Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest.1,897
Returning a Kaypro 2 to it's original owner... but,1,773
Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest, 2023 show pictures1,546
The Tusco ARC Hamfest 1,647
The 67th Cuyahoga Falls ARC Hamfest1,615
The TMRA Hamfest Haul1,478
Random board shot - a commercial weather radio.1,523
A General Electric T-125A “All American Five” Radio, Part III1,747
The Breezeshooter's Hamfest 20231,571
A General Electric T-125A “All American Five” Radio, Part II1,545
A General Electric T-125A "All American Five" Radio1,705
Addendum to the hamfest list...1,541
StatusNet: Cleaning up the main page.1,688
My 2023 Hamfest list. See you there!1,677
The TechTran 980 standalone 5 1/4" disk drive.1,091
It's not a job requisition, it's just spam.1,623
Fort Wayne Hamfest this weekend.1,243
The comments are locked.1,566
Deleting bad files in Windows1,677
StatusNet: Sending email instead of SMS with a new post?1,968
The SwitchBOARd, a general purpose I/O device using the ESP-03.1,289
Re-opened my github account.1,688
The Fort Wayne (Indiana) Hamfest1,747
Didn't make it to the Findlay radio show...1,636
Allow access to a webpage only if inside the LAN?1,748
Blonder-Tongue Audio Baton (BT B-9) Schematics1,841
email misadventures - security is important!1,785
The Hallicrafters S-41G: Found the Sams folder.1,619
The Findlay Radio Club Hamfest - September 11 2022.1,619
The Hallicrafters S-41G: Found a schematic.1,723
The Hallicrafters S-41G Skyrider Jr.1,714
My haul from the 2022 Columbus Hamfest1,705
Pictures from the 2022 Columbus Hamfest1,802
Columbus, Ohio Hamfest 20221,216
Unusual and interesting light sensors1,830
Breezeshooter's (Butler, PA) Hamfest cancelled for 2022915
Pictures from the Dayton Hamvention 20221,744
An EAS-1 Emergency Alert Decoder1,727
A potato of a board.1,837
Revisiting an old project with new ideas. 1,836
My 1996 group photo from Lucent Technologies.1,725
1959 Blonder-Tongue Audio Baton (B9) Graphic EQ Rebuild1,963
My haul from the 2022 Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest1,783
Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest - Show pictures1,728
The "gotchas" of cheap technology.1,773
Updating the Linksys WML11B media player for the modern age1,801
Pictures from the Findlay, Ohio Hamfest 2021.1,866
Breezeshooters Hamfest - June 4th and 5th, 20221,740
Dayton Hamvention - May 20, 21, and 22 20221,806
Pictures from the Columbus Hamfest 20211,771
Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest - April 9 20221,509
Just because it fits doesn't mean it will work...1,877
Don't overlook the power cord.1,893
I don't know if I want to.1,508
Columbus, Ohio Hamfest 20211,524
Getting set up.1,510