The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 1: Observations6
Photo(s) from the 2025 SVARC Hamfest117
The 2025 Breezeshooters Hamfest - June 8th 2025132
Saturday's photos from the 2025 Dayton Hamvention.81
Friday's photos from the 2025 Dayton Hamvention.81
Crap from eBay #2 - "High cost, high value"114
The 2025 Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest - May 24th 2025187
The Dayton Hamvention is happening in a week.199
Crap from eBay #1 - "Doubles as a tube tester!"212
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 7: Wrapup246
A Tricraft Products Corp SM-101 Filament Checker257
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 6: Troubleshooting251
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 5: Resistors257
Photos from the 2025 ACARA Hamfest.333
Photos from the 2025 TUSCO Hamfest320
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 4: The power supply.333
Two hamfests this weekend, April 26 and 27.279
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 11 - Wrapup and final thoughts.265
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 10 - Final assembly and test.362
Photos from the 69th annual CFARC hamfest.414
I'm not going to "just ground it!" because the Internet says so.317
High tariffs - high cost electronics parts - what's this going to do to the hobbyist?332
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 3: Parts451
The 69th Annual CFARC Hamfest is this weekend.443
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 2: Revisiting468
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 9 - Testing the rebuild.416
Some thought on nostr after a few months.319
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 8 - Rebuilding the rest of it.402
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 7 - Rebuilding the filter.352
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 6b - Testing the power supply.346
What's inside one of those can capacitors?243
The Linksys WML11B media player - it's time to say goodbye.318
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 6 - The power supply.447
A new documents library home here at wereboar.564
The Dayton Hamvention is only about 11 weeks away!350
My misadventures with a Home Assistant Green851
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 5 - A different approach.504
What I did with this thing - The Waage 066 test box.508
A Simpson 715 AC VTVM523
The Heathkit EK-1 multimeter.611
This is a test of the gallery plugin for Flatpress.448
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Intermission.540
What do you mean I have a problem?597
I've done a little maintenance on things here at wereboar.425
The SCARF 2025 hamfest in Shade, Ohio.580
I guess the wire was supposed to be the fuse?414
What to do with this thing? The Waage 066 test box...417
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 4 - Parts.512
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 3 - Schematic Corrections.593
An Unknown 2-dial TRF radio part 2: Identifying things inside.553
Federated but disassociated social networking via nostr.434
The Sunday Creek Amateur Radio Federation Hamfest - January 19th477
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 2 - Testing.592
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 1.630
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - Wrapup and Bumblebee Capacitors.471
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - part 4: Doing the work.475
More thoughts on the Olson TE-189451
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - part 3: Layout considerations.490
It's that time of year - get your Dayton Hamvention tickets early!557
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - part 2: Getting back on it's feet...509
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Does it work, and final thoughts.441
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 4 - What actually was replaced?430
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 3 - finishing up with parts and wires.417
Selling something and you've asked AI to write the description? Good luck!426
A look back at 2024's hamfest and shows.459
The December Scott Antique Market435
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - The Waiting Game.485
A Waterman OCA-11A “industrial / pocket” oscilloscope - Part 2: Tubes!489
The Heathkit IO-10 Oscilloscope - Part 1: Observations498
Tales from the eBay universe.536
The Heathkit IO-21 Oscilloscope - Part 1: Observations469
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 2 - I only wanted to replace some capacitors.493
The 1970s live in this Elenco M-1200 meter.518
Some miscellaneous NIXIE devices to a new home.479
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Intermission: Parts492
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 1.493
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Considerations521
My 2025 Hamfest and Show List1,340
Photos from the November 2024 Scott Antique Market.513
The B&W Model 200 Signal Generator Part 3 - setting it aside for now.489
An Unknown 2-dial TRF radio.531
The B&W Model 200 Signal Generator Part 2 - Diagnosis523
The B&W Model 200 Signal Generator540
Pictures from the 2024 Fort Wayne Hamfest524
Pictures from the Ft. Wayne hamfest on the way!512
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator - Wrapup, set-up, and final thoughts.660
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Some notes on parts.543
An Olson TE-198 C-R Analyzer Part 2 - What should we replace?549
An Olson TE-198 C-R Analyzer626
I found the 60Ω resistor in my Heathkit IG-72 socket.596
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 7 - I think we're done...666
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 6 - We're back up and running.649
An EICO 242 FET VOM545
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator802
A Westinghouse H-636T6 AA5+1 Radio - It lives*553
The Aerovox Model 97 LC-Checker660
The 2024 Fort Wayne hamfest536
A Waterman OCA-11A "industrial / pocket" oscilloscope.625
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 5 - We're not done yet.679
Pictures from the MARC 2024 Hamfest551
I hit 1000 views on a post - Thank you!612
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 4 - Final - No need for repairs.696
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap.608
A Westinghouse H-636T6 AA5+1 Radio549
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 3 - Do I need parts?702
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 2 - Suspicions. 818
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 1 - Observations.369
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Wrapup and final thoughts.736
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 8 - And, we're done.634
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 7 - On the importance of checking your work.646
NTE Electronics is gone.643
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6e - The rebuild is done.677
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6d - Almost there!687
Fixing the Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator634
email services for pygg.xyz have been terminated.596
An interesting Westinghouse Radio644
An audio analyzer project idea from years ago.595
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6c - I was only going to run a few wires.668
Photos from The Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest 2024702
That weird lightbulb in Heathkit - and other - test equipment.646
Some notes from The Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest631
The Aerovox Model 97 Inductor-Capacitor Checker599
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6b - Continuing the power supply.736
Salary is confidential? Your response should be thanks, but no thanks!601
An interesting modular digital trainer.616
Pictures from the 2024 Cleveland Hamfest.689
The Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest614
Pictures from the Cleveland Hamfest are on the way.596
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6a - Starting the rebuild727
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Component Notes766
The 50th Annual Cleveland Hamfest is happening this weekend.664
The McMurdo Silver “Sparx” Model 905 Signal Tracer - Photos408
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 5754
The McMurdo Silver “Sparx” Model 905 Signal Tracer - Update631
A couple more Ohio shows that I may get to...627
What were they trying to do here?640
The Phaostron 666 Multimeter from 1958.761
The Findlay Radio Club 2024 Hamfest686
The McMurdo Silver "Sparx" Model 905 Signal Tracer760
The 2024 Findlay Radio Club Hamfest is this weekend.638
Pictures from the 2024 Johnstown Swappers Day831
The 2024 Johnstown (Ohio) Swappers Day Flea Market768
It's interesting how old data just keeps kicking around.657
The NRI (Conar 200) "Appliance Tester"719
Has it really been 30 years?748
The PACO B-10 Battery Eliminator and Charger770
These giant selenium rectifier plates739
I've added a mastodon feed to the blog.769
Pretty good for just pulling it out of a junk bin.740
The 2024 Coolspring Power Museum Show743
The 2024 Miami Valley Steam Threshers Association Show757
Have you ever wondered what's inside of that device?669
The Columbus 2024 Hamfest832
My haul from the 2024 Columbus Hamfest714
It's time to clean out some stuff - maybe to Dayton 2025?699
Pictures from recent shows are on the way!667
The dial lamp can be more important than you think.917
Replacing the filter capacitors in a Hallicrafters S-38C809
A recruiter once told me that a company was a poor choice. They were right.687
Creating a useful 404 page for this blog (and flatpress in general?)767
Fun with Chrome?764
The Columbus Ohio hamfest - Saturday August 3rd 2024708
A cheap Chinese radio kit.739
The RCA 151 Oscilloscope787
The Westinghouse 54884B Watt-hour Meter Standard.776
Yet another test box - The Waage Model 066.930
Remember Geocities?785
Pictures from Coolspring Power Museum's Spring Expo on the way.791
Minor imperfections. Priced to sell.838
pygg.xyz, the former home for this blog, is nearing it's end.874
Breezeshooters 2024 - What I brought home.891
Pictures from Breezeshooters 2024 Hamfest.1,151
Don't stay at toxic workplaces. 824
The Breezeshooter's Hamfest is next weekend - June 9th 2024.938
Finding old wereboar posts in search engines?1,034
Hamvention 2024 - Sunday's Pictures.1,132
Hamvention 2024 - Saturday's Pictures.1,141
Hamvention 2024 - Friday's Pictures.1,149
I've had a few questions about the images here.828
Hamvention 2024 - Sunday's Stuff I Didn't Need (Ok, I'm just buying it because it's cheap!)906
Hamvention 2024 - Saturday's Stuff I Didn’t Need (mom it followed me home!)938
Hamvention 2024 - Friday's Stuff I Didn't Need (but it jumped in my car I swear!)989
Only one show on the calendar for June.827
The Dayton Hamvention is this weekend!819
My favorite part of opening old devices is...831
MFJ has announced they are closing their doors.884
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 4975
A new LinkedIn scam.894
What I took home from TUSCO 2024885
The 2024 TUSCO ARC Hamfest925
If you're planning on going to the Dayton Hamvention...945
Stuff I brought home from Cuyahoga Falls 2024.677
A Radio Shack 28-177 Crystal Radio Kit - Conclusion1,059
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 31,021
A Radio Shack 28-177 Crystal Radio Kit1,102
The 2024 Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest972
This 1986 Ford Radio.1,093
Imagine taking this 29-cent LED bulb back to 1955...920
Just some minor equipment repairs - cord replacements903
Remember these things?906
Tip Plugs for older test equipment are still purchasable.980
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 21,068
No amount of whining will get you that information.949
April Hamfests999
Dayton Hamvention is only about 6 weeks away.989
By the power of the sun!984
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 11,121
Pictures from the Scott Antique Market989
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 01,003
An unusual 115VAC demand meter.1,105
I guess making a complaint does work.993
Magic Eye Tube kits from China1,008
Multiple email SPF records? Yeah, go away kid, we don't care.964
All of the documents currently in wereboar’s archive - Part II.1,029
An IMD-202-2 for parts...but let's take a quick look anyway!979
Magic Eyes - glowing green magic from the vacuum tube era.1,013
That oddball connector on old test equipment...987
The Sunday Creek ARF Hamfest 20241,072
The Sunday Creek Hamfest has come and gone,951
Stabilizing the oscillator in the IM-1212 Meter, part 21,044
Mistakes were made - a long long time ago.987
An odd little part - single plate selenium rectifier.1,020
Stabilizing the oscillator in the IM-1212 Meter1,064
Another IM-1212 Meter. For some reason.1,025
December 2023's Scott Antique Market.1,018
All of the documents currently in wereboar's archive.1,003
The Regency EC-175 Frequency Counter Manual1,118
2024 Hamfest List1,322
I have to fix the equipment before I fix the equipment.1,057
An MMD1 8080 Trainer1,088
Random board shot: The Bell (Model?) Telephone Desk Speaker1,072
The Heathkit IM-1212 in operation. Kind of.1,053
I didn't take it because it's not enough money...999
An odd thing with Flatpress...1,052
Pictures from the November 2023 Scott Antique Market1,056
Pictures from the Fort Wayne Hamfest 20231,057
November 2023's Scott Antique Market1,018
A Heathkit IM-1212 from the Fort Wayne Hamfest - making it work again.1,145
DC Calibration of the Heathkit IM-1212 NIXIE DVM1,150
Notes from the Fort Wayne Hamfest1,036
Testing the Aliexpress Supercapacitor UPS.1,117
I finally got around to testing the supercapacitor UPS.1,005
pygg.xyz is gone.1,093
Did Espressif fix their RF spurs?1,158
An infrared camera for about $401,087
Pictures from Findlay 20231,026
A Supercapacitor UPS? Does it work?1,039
Findlay 2023 has come and gone.638
Neat things at the Johnstown Swapper's Day 20231,188
The Findlay Radio Club Hamfest AND The Johnstown Swapper's Day1,085
Pictures from the 2015 Dayton Hamvention1,083
Pictures from the 2015 Findlay Radio Club Hamfest1,040
The only two pictures I took at the 2016 Hamvention1,045
My haul from the Columbus 2023 Hamfest1,105
The Columbus 2023 Hamfest1,075
Checking out a Heathkit AG-7 Signal Generator1,065
Random board shot: The Atari 26001,162
Pictures from The Dayton Hamvention 2003985
Checking out an Eico 145 Signal Tracer1,233
Random board shot: AT&T PBX Surge Suppressor1,109
This little werepig has settled in his new home.1,072
I didn't drag home much stuff from Butler, but...1,061
My new home for my project blog is here!1,129
The Breezeshooters' Hamfest 2023 - Butler, PA.1,195
Dayton purchase: An HP3440 NIXIE DVM1,041
Dayton 2023: Stuff I drug home.1,190
The Columbus (OH) Hamfest - August 5th 2023.1,172
The Breezeshooter's Hamfest - June 4th 20231,071
The Dayton Hamvention 20231,294
The Dayton Hamvention 2023 has come and gone.1,077
Monster.com has become nothing but noise.652
Random board shot - The Textolite "T"1,073
The TUSCO Amateur Radio Club 2023 Show - Junk I Took Home.1,245
The TUSCO Amateur Radio Club 2023 Show1,160
The 2023 Dayton Hamvention is almost upon us!1,096
My haul from the Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest.1,393
Returning a Kaypro 2 to it's original owner... but,1,371
Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest, 2023 show pictures1,101
The Tusco ARC Hamfest 1,197
The 67th Cuyahoga Falls ARC Hamfest1,194
The TMRA Hamfest Haul1,079
Random board shot - a commercial weather radio.1,107
A General Electric T-125A “All American Five” Radio, Part III1,295
The Breezeshooter's Hamfest 20231,087
A General Electric T-125A “All American Five” Radio, Part II1,119
A General Electric T-125A "All American Five" Radio1,294
Addendum to the hamfest list...1,118
StatusNet: Cleaning up the main page.1,295
My 2023 Hamfest list. See you there!1,137
The TechTran 980 standalone 5 1/4" disk drive.616
It's not a job requisition, it's just spam.1,158
Fort Wayne Hamfest this weekend.761
The comments are locked.1,179
Deleting bad files in Windows1,253
StatusNet: Sending email instead of SMS with a new post?1,404
The SwitchBOARd, a general purpose I/O device using the ESP-03.767
Re-opened my github account.1,239
The Fort Wayne (Indiana) Hamfest1,241
Didn't make it to the Findlay radio show...1,207
Allow access to a webpage only if inside the LAN?1,260
Blonder-Tongue Audio Baton (BT B-9) Schematics1,408
email misadventures - security is important!1,265
The Hallicrafters S-41G: Found the Sams folder.1,239
The Findlay Radio Club Hamfest - September 11 2022.1,207
The Hallicrafters S-41G: Found a schematic.1,275
The Hallicrafters S-41G Skyrider Jr.1,318
My haul from the 2022 Columbus Hamfest1,287
Pictures from the 2022 Columbus Hamfest1,295
Columbus, Ohio Hamfest 2022672
Unusual and interesting light sensors1,389
Breezeshooter's (Butler, PA) Hamfest cancelled for 2022668
Pictures from the Dayton Hamvention 20221,297
An EAS-1 Emergency Alert Decoder1,302
A potato of a board.1,319
Revisiting an old project with new ideas. 1,418
My 1996 group photo from Lucent Technologies.1,308
1959 Blonder-Tongue Audio Baton (B9) Graphic EQ Rebuild1,462
My haul from the 2022 Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest1,335
Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest - Show pictures1,299
The "gotchas" of cheap technology.1,351
Updating the Linksys WML11B media player for the modern age1,345
Pictures from the Findlay, Ohio Hamfest 2021.1,278
Breezeshooters Hamfest - June 4th and 5th, 20221,282
Dayton Hamvention - May 20, 21, and 22 20221,357
Pictures from the Columbus Hamfest 20211,264
Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest - April 9 20221,008
Just because it fits doesn't mean it will work...1,482
Don't overlook the power cord.1,480
I don't know if I want to.1,074
Columbus, Ohio Hamfest 20211,045
Getting set up.1,083