Another S-38C on my bench, part 3: We have parts!62
Tickets for the 2026 Dayton Hamvention are available.101
Another S-38C on my bench, part 2: Parts91
Another S-38C on my bench, part 1: Examination and Diagnosis.115
Some last thoughts on Nostr.137
An Unknown 2-dial TRF radio part 4: Full stop.121
An Unknown 2-dial TRF radio part 3: Things inside identified.119
The Scott Antique Market - November 29th and 30th, 2025.201
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 8: So we meet again160
A Viz WP-705 Power Supply part 5: Wrapup and final thoughts.156
Photos from the 2025 Fort Wayne hamfest.158
The Fort Wayne Hamfest - Fort Wayne, IN - November 15th and 16th.177
My 2026 Hamfest and Show List221
Photos from the 2025 MARC Hamfest270
A Viz WP-705 Power Supply part 4: The fix is in.327
The 2025 MARC Hamfest - 11/02/2025264
A Viz WP-705 Power Supply part 3: Troubleshooting in stages.284
Photos from The Early Television Museum 2025 Fall Swap Meet547
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 9: Final Thoughts326
The Early Television Museum Fall 2025 Swap Meet - Hilliard, OH - October 18th316
A Viz WP-705 Power Supply part 2: Musings on faults386
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 8: Finishing up and final checks.314
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 7: The Rebuild.376
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator intermission: That's not right!331
You know the stuff you're working on is old when...342
A Viz WP-705 Power Supply part 1: Analysis.458
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 6: Removing everthing.338
Some pictures from the 2018 Dayton Hamvention353
Pictures from the 2025 Cleveland Hamfest329
Random board shot: A Biamp electronic crossover292
The Cleveland Hamfest - Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in Berea, OH - Sunday September 28th317
Modifying the Ikea Inspelning smart plug for always-on operation.430
The 2025 Central Pennsylvania Hamfest385
Johnstown Swappers Day 2025411
The 2025 Findlay Hamfest396
A Workman Electronic Products N71-067 Power Supply - The Repair515
A Workman Electronic Products N71-067 Power Supply599
A Knight "Space Spanner" regenerative radio.721
Photos from the 2025 Cincinnati Hamfest725
The Cincinnati Hamfest - August 9th 2025.563
Photos from the 2025 Columbus Hamfest737
The Columbus, OH Hamfest - August 2nd 2025604
An easy fix for this GE Microwave Oven.791
This is Project's 4th anniversary.728
Connecting a shared drive and file sensor to Home Assistant Green.801
A Zenith X184 Clock Radio - AA5 capacitor replacement part 2755
A Zenith X184 Clock Radio - AA5 capacitor replacement part 1632
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 5: It's gonna need everything.747
DNS issues with the Home Assistant Green753
Some interesting items I brought home from hamfests this year.963
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 4: Repairs672
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 3: Diagnosis?710
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 2: Testing753
Photos from the 2025 Breezeshooters Hamfest.968
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 1: Observations937
Photo(s) from the 2025 SVARC Hamfest952
The 2025 Breezeshooters Hamfest - June 8th 20251,337
Saturday's photos from the 2025 Dayton Hamvention.1,045
Friday's photos from the 2025 Dayton Hamvention.1,140
Crap from eBay #2 - "High cost, high value"829
The 2025 Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest - May 24th 20251,288
The Dayton Hamvention is happening in a week.1,140
Crap from eBay #1 - "Doubles as a tube tester!"1,017
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 7: Wrapup938
A Tricraft Products Corp SM-101 Filament Checker900
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 6: Troubleshooting926
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 5: Resistors907
Photos from the 2025 ACARA Hamfest.1,142
Photos from the 2025 TUSCO Hamfest1,147
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 4: The power supply.1,164
Two hamfests this weekend, April 26 and 27.974
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 11 - Wrapup and final thoughts.1,086
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 10 - Final assembly and test.1,224
Photos from the 69th annual CFARC hamfest.1,187
I'm not going to "just ground it!" because the Internet says so.1,193
High tariffs - high cost electronics parts - what's this going to do to the hobbyist?941
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 3: Parts1,092
The 69th Annual CFARC Hamfest is this weekend.1,165
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 2: Revisiting1,264
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 9 - Testing the rebuild.1,266
Some thought on nostr after a few months.998
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 8 - Rebuilding the rest of it.1,230
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 7 - Rebuilding the filter.1,298
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 6b - Testing the power supply.1,204
What's inside one of those can capacitors?934
The Linksys WML11B media player - it's time to say goodbye.1,175
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 6 - The power supply.1,283
A new documents library home here at wereboar.1,280
The Dayton Hamvention is only about 11 weeks away!976
My misadventures with a Home Assistant Green1,852
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 5 - A different approach.1,376
What I did with this thing - The Waage 066 test box.1,216
A Simpson 715 AC VTVM1,210
The Heathkit EK-1 multimeter.1,441
This is a test of the gallery plugin for Flatpress.1,193
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Intermission.1,539
What do you mean I have a problem?1,364
I've done a little maintenance on things here at wereboar.1,093
The SCARF 2025 hamfest in Shade, Ohio.1,331
I guess the wire was supposed to be the fuse?1,132
What to do with this thing? The Waage 066 test box...1,178
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 4 - Parts.1,446
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 3 - Schematic Corrections.1,449
An Unknown 2-dial TRF radio part 2: Identifying things inside.1,363
Federated but disassociated social networking via nostr.1,121
The Sunday Creek Amateur Radio Federation Hamfest - January 19th1,227
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 2 - Testing.1,424
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 1.1,481
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - Wrapup and Bumblebee Capacitors.1,199
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - part 4: Doing the work.1,109
More thoughts on the Olson TE-1891,182
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - part 3: Layout considerations.1,237
It's that time of year - get your Dayton Hamvention tickets early!1,425
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - part 2: Getting back on it's feet...1,231
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Does it work, and final thoughts.1,161
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 4 - What actually was replaced?1,095
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 3 - finishing up with parts and wires.1,114
Selling something and you've asked AI to write the description? Good luck!1,140
A look back at 2024's hamfest and shows.1,427
The December Scott Antique Market1,384
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - The Waiting Game.1,163
A Waterman OCA-11A “industrial / pocket” oscilloscope - Part 2: Tubes!1,170
The Heathkit IO-10 Oscilloscope - Part 1: Observations1,246
Tales from the eBay universe.1,244
The Heathkit IO-21 Oscilloscope - Part 1: Observations1,246
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 2 - I only wanted to replace some capacitors.1,183
The 1970s live in this Elenco M-1200 meter.1,245
Some miscellaneous NIXIE devices to a new home.1,107
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Intermission: Parts1,155
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 1.1,170
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Considerations1,284
My 2025 Hamfest and Show List3,387
Photos from the November 2024 Scott Antique Market.1,206
The B&W Model 200 Signal Generator Part 3 - setting it aside for now.1,103
An Unknown 2-dial TRF radio.1,229
The B&W Model 200 Signal Generator Part 2 - Diagnosis1,234
The B&W Model 200 Signal Generator1,247
Pictures from the 2024 Fort Wayne Hamfest1,298
Pictures from the Ft. Wayne hamfest on the way!1,161
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator - Wrapup, set-up, and final thoughts.1,341
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Some notes on parts.1,262
An Olson TE-198 C-R Analyzer Part 2 - What should we replace?1,222
An Olson TE-198 C-R Analyzer1,351
I found the 60Ω resistor in my Heathkit IG-72 socket.1,324
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 7 - I think we're done...1,341
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 6 - We're back up and running.1,350
An EICO 242 FET VOM1,204
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator1,550
A Westinghouse H-636T6 AA5+1 Radio - It lives*1,260
The Aerovox Model 97 LC-Checker1,419
The 2024 Fort Wayne hamfest1,547
A Waterman OCA-11A "industrial / pocket" oscilloscope.1,284
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 5 - We're not done yet.1,355
Pictures from the MARC 2024 Hamfest1,264
I hit 1000 views on a post - Thank you!1,242
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 4 - Final - No need for repairs.1,412
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap.1,342
A Westinghouse H-636T6 AA5+1 Radio1,261
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 3 - Do I need parts?1,373
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 2 - Suspicions. 1,557
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 1 - Observations.1,125
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Wrapup and final thoughts.1,424
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 8 - And, we're done.1,258
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 7 - On the importance of checking your work.1,350
NTE Electronics is gone.1,376
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6e - The rebuild is done.1,404
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6d - Almost there!1,359
Fixing the Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator1,306
email services for pygg.xyz have been terminated.1,245
An interesting Westinghouse Radio1,274
An audio analyzer project idea from years ago.1,240
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6c - I was only going to run a few wires.1,268
Photos from The Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest 20241,424
That weird lightbulb in Heathkit - and other - test equipment.1,252
Some notes from The Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest1,265
The Aerovox Model 97 Inductor-Capacitor Checker1,287
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6b - Continuing the power supply.1,357
Salary is confidential? Your response should be thanks, but no thanks!1,226
An interesting modular digital trainer.1,289
Pictures from the 2024 Cleveland Hamfest.1,497
The Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest1,280
Pictures from the Cleveland Hamfest are on the way.1,208
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6a - Starting the rebuild1,466
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Component Notes1,458
The 50th Annual Cleveland Hamfest is happening this weekend.1,543
The McMurdo Silver “Sparx” Model 905 Signal Tracer - Photos1,208
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 51,362
The McMurdo Silver “Sparx” Model 905 Signal Tracer - Update1,396
A couple more Ohio shows that I may get to...1,279
What were they trying to do here?1,283
The Phaostron 666 Multimeter from 1958.1,473
The Findlay Radio Club 2024 Hamfest1,369
The McMurdo Silver "Sparx" Model 905 Signal Tracer1,486
The 2024 Findlay Radio Club Hamfest is this weekend.1,361
Pictures from the 2024 Johnstown Swappers Day2,043
The 2024 Johnstown (Ohio) Swappers Day Flea Market1,794
It's interesting how old data just keeps kicking around.1,261
The NRI (Conar 200) "Appliance Tester"1,518
Has it really been 30 years?1,366
The PACO B-10 Battery Eliminator and Charger1,431
These giant selenium rectifier plates1,478
I've added a mastodon feed to the blog.1,350
Pretty good for just pulling it out of a junk bin.1,392
The 2024 Coolspring Power Museum Show1,531
The 2024 Miami Valley Steam Threshers Association Show1,574
Have you ever wondered what's inside of that device?1,321
The Columbus 2024 Hamfest1,600
My haul from the 2024 Columbus Hamfest1,455
It's time to clean out some stuff - maybe to Dayton 2025?1,307
Pictures from recent shows are on the way!1,267
The dial lamp can be more important than you think.1,585
Replacing the filter capacitors in a Hallicrafters S-38C1,468
A recruiter once told me that a company was a poor choice. They were right.1,332
Creating a useful 404 page for this blog (and flatpress in general?)1,424
Fun with Chrome?1,422
The Columbus Ohio hamfest - Saturday August 3rd 20241,676
A cheap Chinese radio kit.1,368
The RCA 151 Oscilloscope1,376
The Westinghouse 54884B Watt-hour Meter Standard.1,433
Yet another test box - The Waage Model 066.1,722
Remember Geocities?1,362
Pictures from Coolspring Power Museum's Spring Expo on the way.1,409
Minor imperfections. Priced to sell.1,445
pygg.xyz, the former home for this blog, is nearing it's end.1,548
Breezeshooters 2024 - What I brought home.1,650
Pictures from Breezeshooters 2024 Hamfest.1,910
Don't stay at toxic workplaces. 1,408
The Breezeshooter's Hamfest is next weekend - June 9th 2024.1,766
Finding old wereboar posts in search engines?1,694
Hamvention 2024 - Sunday's Pictures.1,871
Hamvention 2024 - Saturday's Pictures.1,827
Hamvention 2024 - Friday's Pictures.1,865
I've had a few questions about the images here.1,555
Hamvention 2024 - Sunday's Stuff I Didn't Need (Ok, I'm just buying it because it's cheap!)1,644
Hamvention 2024 - Saturday's Stuff I Didn’t Need (mom it followed me home!)1,603
Hamvention 2024 - Friday's Stuff I Didn't Need (but it jumped in my car I swear!)1,668
Only one show on the calendar for June.1,520
The Dayton Hamvention is this weekend!1,736
My favorite part of opening old devices is...1,417
MFJ has announced they are closing their doors.1,665
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 41,694
A new LinkedIn scam.1,514
What I took home from TUSCO 20241,502
The 2024 TUSCO ARC Hamfest1,576
If you're planning on going to the Dayton Hamvention...1,609
Stuff I brought home from Cuyahoga Falls 2024.1,291
A Radio Shack 28-177 Crystal Radio Kit - Conclusion1,764
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 31,714
A Radio Shack 28-177 Crystal Radio Kit1,887
The 2024 Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest1,660
This 1986 Ford Radio.1,696
Imagine taking this 29-cent LED bulb back to 1955...1,525
Just some minor equipment repairs - cord replacements1,495
Remember these things?1,488
Tip Plugs for older test equipment are still purchasable.1,620
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 21,767
No amount of whining will get you that information.1,707
April Hamfests1,642
Dayton Hamvention is only about 6 weeks away.1,708
By the power of the sun!1,606
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 11,839
Pictures from the Scott Antique Market1,729
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 01,708
An unusual 115VAC demand meter.1,730
I guess making a complaint does work.1,608
Magic Eye Tube kits from China1,612
Multiple email SPF records? Yeah, go away kid, we don't care.1,576
All of the documents currently in wereboar’s archive - Part II.1,643
An IMD-202-2 for parts...but let's take a quick look anyway!1,566
Magic Eyes - glowing green magic from the vacuum tube era.1,696
That oddball connector on old test equipment...1,641
The Sunday Creek ARF Hamfest 20241,750
The Sunday Creek Hamfest has come and gone,1,610
Stabilizing the oscillator in the IM-1212 Meter, part 21,811
Mistakes were made - a long long time ago.1,607
An odd little part - single plate selenium rectifier.1,668
Stabilizing the oscillator in the IM-1212 Meter1,711
Another IM-1212 Meter. For some reason.1,735
December 2023's Scott Antique Market.1,661
All of the documents currently in wereboar's archive.1,667
The Regency EC-175 Frequency Counter Manual1,768
2024 Hamfest List2,337
I have to fix the equipment before I fix the equipment.1,681
An MMD1 8080 Trainer1,853
Random board shot: The Bell (Model?) Telephone Desk Speaker1,699
The Heathkit IM-1212 in operation. Kind of.1,680
I didn't take it because it's not enough money...1,725
An odd thing with Flatpress...1,813
Pictures from the November 2023 Scott Antique Market1,817
Pictures from the Fort Wayne Hamfest 20231,737
November 2023's Scott Antique Market1,689
A Heathkit IM-1212 from the Fort Wayne Hamfest - making it work again.1,875
DC Calibration of the Heathkit IM-1212 NIXIE DVM1,978
Notes from the Fort Wayne Hamfest1,674
Testing the Aliexpress Supercapacitor UPS.1,792
I finally got around to testing the supercapacitor UPS.1,626
pygg.xyz is gone.1,659
Did Espressif fix their RF spurs?1,793
An infrared camera for about $401,759
Pictures from Findlay 20231,673
A Supercapacitor UPS? Does it work?1,669
Findlay 2023 has come and gone.1,287
Neat things at the Johnstown Swapper's Day 20232,171
The Findlay Radio Club Hamfest AND The Johnstown Swapper's Day1,869
Pictures from the 2015 Dayton Hamvention1,824
Pictures from the 2015 Findlay Radio Club Hamfest1,608
The only two pictures I took at the 2016 Hamvention1,701
My haul from the Columbus 2023 Hamfest1,948
The Columbus 2023 Hamfest1,741
Checking out a Heathkit AG-7 Signal Generator2,010
Random board shot: The Atari 26001,773
Pictures from The Dayton Hamvention 20031,635
Checking out an Eico 145 Signal Tracer2,010
Random board shot: AT&T PBX Surge Suppressor1,800
This little werepig has settled in his new home.1,851
I didn't drag home much stuff from Butler, but...1,688
My new home for my project blog is here!1,825
The Breezeshooters' Hamfest 2023 - Butler, PA.1,920
Dayton purchase: An HP3440 NIXIE DVM1,663
Dayton 2023: Stuff I drug home.1,855
The Columbus (OH) Hamfest - August 5th 2023.1,860
The Breezeshooter's Hamfest - June 4th 20231,769
The Dayton Hamvention 20231,977
The Dayton Hamvention 2023 has come and gone.1,788
Monster.com has become nothing but noise.1,278
Random board shot - The Textolite "T"1,770
The TUSCO Amateur Radio Club 2023 Show - Junk I Took Home.1,863
The TUSCO Amateur Radio Club 2023 Show1,903
The 2023 Dayton Hamvention is almost upon us!1,891
My haul from the Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest.2,209
Returning a Kaypro 2 to it's original owner... but,2,029
Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest, 2023 show pictures1,794
The Tusco ARC Hamfest 1,906
The 67th Cuyahoga Falls ARC Hamfest1,814
The TMRA Hamfest Haul1,754
Random board shot - a commercial weather radio.1,801
A General Electric T-125A “All American Five” Radio, Part III2,016
The Breezeshooter's Hamfest 20231,787
A General Electric T-125A “All American Five” Radio, Part II1,840
A General Electric T-125A "All American Five" Radio1,897
Addendum to the hamfest list...1,748
StatusNet: Cleaning up the main page.1,996
My 2023 Hamfest list. See you there!2,052
The TechTran 980 standalone 5 1/4" disk drive.1,312
It's not a job requisition, it's just spam.1,826
Fort Wayne Hamfest this weekend.1,508
The comments are locked.1,849
Deleting bad files in Windows1,909
StatusNet: Sending email instead of SMS with a new post?2,318
The SwitchBOARd, a general purpose I/O device using the ESP-03.1,586
Re-opened my github account.1,899
The Fort Wayne (Indiana) Hamfest2,030
Didn't make it to the Findlay radio show...1,842
Allow access to a webpage only if inside the LAN?2,017
Blonder-Tongue Audio Baton (BT B-9) Schematics2,073
email misadventures - security is important!2,019
The Hallicrafters S-41G: Found the Sams folder.1,890
The Findlay Radio Club Hamfest - September 11 2022.1,820
The Hallicrafters S-41G: Found a schematic.1,961
The Hallicrafters S-41G Skyrider Jr.1,948
My haul from the 2022 Columbus Hamfest1,891
Pictures from the 2022 Columbus Hamfest2,058
Columbus, Ohio Hamfest 20221,427
Unusual and interesting light sensors2,120
Breezeshooter's (Butler, PA) Hamfest cancelled for 20221,126
Pictures from the Dayton Hamvention 20221,936
An EAS-1 Emergency Alert Decoder2,053
A potato of a board.2,094
Revisiting an old project with new ideas. 2,147
My 1996 group photo from Lucent Technologies.1,965
1959 Blonder-Tongue Audio Baton (B9) Graphic EQ Rebuild2,192
My haul from the 2022 Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest1,987
Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest - Show pictures1,956
The "gotchas" of cheap technology.1,969
Updating the Linksys WML11B media player for the modern age2,100
Pictures from the Findlay, Ohio Hamfest 2021.2,101
Breezeshooters Hamfest - June 4th and 5th, 20222,014
Dayton Hamvention - May 20, 21, and 22 20221,998
Pictures from the Columbus Hamfest 20211,976
Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest - April 9 20221,814
Just because it fits doesn't mean it will work...2,075
Don't overlook the power cord.2,075
I don't know if I want to.1,704
Columbus, Ohio Hamfest 20211,872
Getting set up.1,723