Another S-38C on my bench, part 2: Parts11
Another S-38C on my bench, part 1: Examination and Diagnosis.38
Some last thoughts on Nostr.42
An Unknown 2-dial TRF radio part 4: Full stop.38
An Unknown 2-dial TRF radio part 3: Things inside identified.39
The Scott Antique Market - November 29th and 30th, 2025.123
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 8: So we meet again71
A Viz WP-705 Power Supply part 5: Wrapup and final thoughts.68
Photos from the 2025 Fort Wayne hamfest.86
The Fort Wayne Hamfest - Fort Wayne, IN - November 15th and 16th.83
My 2026 Hamfest and Show List137
Photos from the 2025 MARC Hamfest196
A Viz WP-705 Power Supply part 4: The fix is in.248
The 2025 MARC Hamfest - 11/02/2025186
A Viz WP-705 Power Supply part 3: Troubleshooting in stages.207
Photos from The Early Television Museum 2025 Fall Swap Meet472
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 9: Final Thoughts250
The Early Television Museum Fall 2025 Swap Meet - Hilliard, OH - October 18th237
A Viz WP-705 Power Supply part 2: Musings on faults314
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 8: Finishing up and final checks.237
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 7: The Rebuild.298
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator intermission: That's not right!259
You know the stuff you're working on is old when...271
A Viz WP-705 Power Supply part 1: Analysis.391
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 6: Removing everthing.268
Some pictures from the 2018 Dayton Hamvention290
Pictures from the 2025 Cleveland Hamfest255
Random board shot: A Biamp electronic crossover226
The Cleveland Hamfest - Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds in Berea, OH - Sunday September 28th245
Modifying the Ikea Inspelning smart plug for always-on operation.351
The 2025 Central Pennsylvania Hamfest317
Johnstown Swappers Day 2025335
The 2025 Findlay Hamfest323
A Workman Electronic Products N71-067 Power Supply - The Repair418
A Workman Electronic Products N71-067 Power Supply526
A Knight "Space Spanner" regenerative radio.649
Photos from the 2025 Cincinnati Hamfest659
The Cincinnati Hamfest - August 9th 2025.494
Photos from the 2025 Columbus Hamfest667
The Columbus, OH Hamfest - August 2nd 2025540
An easy fix for this GE Microwave Oven.715
This is Project's 4th anniversary.653
Connecting a shared drive and file sensor to Home Assistant Green.706
A Zenith X184 Clock Radio - AA5 capacitor replacement part 2688
A Zenith X184 Clock Radio - AA5 capacitor replacement part 1562
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 5: It's gonna need everything.665
DNS issues with the Home Assistant Green646
Some interesting items I brought home from hamfests this year.890
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 4: Repairs608
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 3: Diagnosis?644
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 2: Testing672
Photos from the 2025 Breezeshooters Hamfest.884
The Heathkit AG-7 Audio Generator part 1: Observations847
Photo(s) from the 2025 SVARC Hamfest878
The 2025 Breezeshooters Hamfest - June 8th 20251,265
Saturday's photos from the 2025 Dayton Hamvention.964
Friday's photos from the 2025 Dayton Hamvention.1,060
Crap from eBay #2 - "High cost, high value"763
The 2025 Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest - May 24th 20251,189
The Dayton Hamvention is happening in a week.1,056
Crap from eBay #1 - "Doubles as a tube tester!"954
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 7: Wrapup861
A Tricraft Products Corp SM-101 Filament Checker833
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 6: Troubleshooting860
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 5: Resistors841
Photos from the 2025 ACARA Hamfest.1,065
Photos from the 2025 TUSCO Hamfest1,074
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 4: The power supply.1,080
Two hamfests this weekend, April 26 and 27.901
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 11 - Wrapup and final thoughts.1,008
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 10 - Final assembly and test.1,137
Photos from the 69th annual CFARC hamfest.1,119
I'm not going to "just ground it!" because the Internet says so.1,112
High tariffs - high cost electronics parts - what's this going to do to the hobbyist?866
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 3: Parts1,016
The 69th Annual CFARC Hamfest is this weekend.1,095
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator - Part 2: Revisiting1,171
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 9 - Testing the rebuild.1,195
Some thought on nostr after a few months.920
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 8 - Rebuilding the rest of it.1,160
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 7 - Rebuilding the filter.1,225
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 6b - Testing the power supply.1,119
What's inside one of those can capacitors?854
The Linksys WML11B media player - it's time to say goodbye.1,106
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 6 - The power supply.1,220
A new documents library home here at wereboar.1,205
The Dayton Hamvention is only about 11 weeks away!911
My misadventures with a Home Assistant Green1,713
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 5 - A different approach.1,295
What I did with this thing - The Waage 066 test box.1,146
A Simpson 715 AC VTVM1,136
The Heathkit EK-1 multimeter.1,340
This is a test of the gallery plugin for Flatpress.1,124
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Intermission.1,461
What do you mean I have a problem?1,293
I've done a little maintenance on things here at wereboar.1,028
The SCARF 2025 hamfest in Shade, Ohio.1,256
I guess the wire was supposed to be the fuse?1,062
What to do with this thing? The Waage 066 test box...1,095
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 4 - Parts.1,376
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 3 - Schematic Corrections.1,358
An Unknown 2-dial TRF radio part 2: Identifying things inside.1,258
Federated but disassociated social networking via nostr.1,037
The Sunday Creek Amateur Radio Federation Hamfest - January 19th1,155
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 2 - Testing.1,341
The Heatkit AF-1 Analog Frequency Meter, Part 1.1,395
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - Wrapup and Bumblebee Capacitors.1,125
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - part 4: Doing the work.1,032
More thoughts on the Olson TE-1891,109
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - part 3: Layout considerations.1,165
It's that time of year - get your Dayton Hamvention tickets early!1,336
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap - part 2: Getting back on it's feet...1,154
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Does it work, and final thoughts.1,083
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 4 - What actually was replaced?1,030
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 3 - finishing up with parts and wires.1,041
Selling something and you've asked AI to write the description? Good luck!1,067
A look back at 2024's hamfest and shows.1,340
The December Scott Antique Market1,271
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - The Waiting Game.1,087
A Waterman OCA-11A “industrial / pocket” oscilloscope - Part 2: Tubes!1,097
The Heathkit IO-10 Oscilloscope - Part 1: Observations1,172
Tales from the eBay universe.1,179
The Heathkit IO-21 Oscilloscope - Part 1: Observations1,174
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 2 - I only wanted to replace some capacitors.1,115
The 1970s live in this Elenco M-1200 meter.1,175
Some miscellaneous NIXIE devices to a new home.1,035
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Intermission: Parts1,090
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Rebuild, part 1.1,106
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Considerations1,215
My 2025 Hamfest and Show List3,217
Photos from the November 2024 Scott Antique Market.1,125
The B&W Model 200 Signal Generator Part 3 - setting it aside for now.1,028
An Unknown 2-dial TRF radio.1,155
The B&W Model 200 Signal Generator Part 2 - Diagnosis1,160
The B&W Model 200 Signal Generator1,173
Pictures from the 2024 Fort Wayne Hamfest1,196
Pictures from the Ft. Wayne hamfest on the way!1,073
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator - Wrapup, set-up, and final thoughts.1,268
An Olson TE-189 C-R Analyzer - Some notes on parts.1,187
An Olson TE-198 C-R Analyzer Part 2 - What should we replace?1,141
An Olson TE-198 C-R Analyzer1,275
I found the 60Ω resistor in my Heathkit IG-72 socket.1,239
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 7 - I think we're done...1,246
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 6 - We're back up and running.1,268
An EICO 242 FET VOM1,123
A PACO G-30 RF Signal Generator1,455
A Westinghouse H-636T6 AA5+1 Radio - It lives*1,181
The Aerovox Model 97 LC-Checker1,348
The 2024 Fort Wayne hamfest1,417
A Waterman OCA-11A "industrial / pocket" oscilloscope.1,212
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 5 - We're not done yet.1,275
Pictures from the MARC 2024 Hamfest1,194
I hit 1000 views on a post - Thank you!1,170
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 4 - Final - No need for repairs.1,319
A Hallicrafters S38-C recap.1,259
A Westinghouse H-636T6 AA5+1 Radio1,189
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 3 - Do I need parts?1,295
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 2 - Suspicions. 1,474
A Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator Part 1 - Observations.1,041
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Wrapup and final thoughts.1,346
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 8 - And, we're done.1,197
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 7 - On the importance of checking your work.1,274
NTE Electronics is gone.1,296
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6e - The rebuild is done.1,324
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6d - Almost there!1,290
Fixing the Heathkit IG-72 Signal Generator1,240
email services for pygg.xyz have been terminated.1,181
An interesting Westinghouse Radio1,206
An audio analyzer project idea from years ago.1,175
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6c - I was only going to run a few wires.1,205
Photos from The Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest 20241,348
That weird lightbulb in Heathkit - and other - test equipment.1,176
Some notes from The Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest1,201
The Aerovox Model 97 Inductor-Capacitor Checker1,209
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6b - Continuing the power supply.1,286
Salary is confidential? Your response should be thanks, but no thanks!1,157
An interesting modular digital trainer.1,220
Pictures from the 2024 Cleveland Hamfest.1,427
The Scioto Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest1,205
Pictures from the Cleveland Hamfest are on the way.1,139
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 6a - Starting the rebuild1,390
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Component Notes1,386
The 50th Annual Cleveland Hamfest is happening this weekend.1,464
The McMurdo Silver “Sparx” Model 905 Signal Tracer - Photos1,136
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 51,291
The McMurdo Silver “Sparx” Model 905 Signal Tracer - Update1,325
A couple more Ohio shows that I may get to...1,213
What were they trying to do here?1,214
The Phaostron 666 Multimeter from 1958.1,410
The Findlay Radio Club 2024 Hamfest1,298
The McMurdo Silver "Sparx" Model 905 Signal Tracer1,420
The 2024 Findlay Radio Club Hamfest is this weekend.1,286
Pictures from the 2024 Johnstown Swappers Day1,942
The 2024 Johnstown (Ohio) Swappers Day Flea Market1,705
It's interesting how old data just keeps kicking around.1,184
The NRI (Conar 200) "Appliance Tester"1,433
Has it really been 30 years?1,294
The PACO B-10 Battery Eliminator and Charger1,355
These giant selenium rectifier plates1,403
I've added a mastodon feed to the blog.1,279
Pretty good for just pulling it out of a junk bin.1,325
The 2024 Coolspring Power Museum Show1,452
The 2024 Miami Valley Steam Threshers Association Show1,486
Have you ever wondered what's inside of that device?1,254
The Columbus 2024 Hamfest1,524
My haul from the 2024 Columbus Hamfest1,383
It's time to clean out some stuff - maybe to Dayton 2025?1,241
Pictures from recent shows are on the way!1,202
The dial lamp can be more important than you think.1,519
Replacing the filter capacitors in a Hallicrafters S-38C1,403
A recruiter once told me that a company was a poor choice. They were right.1,264
Creating a useful 404 page for this blog (and flatpress in general?)1,357
Fun with Chrome?1,348
The Columbus Ohio hamfest - Saturday August 3rd 20241,550
A cheap Chinese radio kit.1,300
The RCA 151 Oscilloscope1,307
The Westinghouse 54884B Watt-hour Meter Standard.1,363
Yet another test box - The Waage Model 066.1,646
Remember Geocities?1,297
Pictures from Coolspring Power Museum's Spring Expo on the way.1,337
Minor imperfections. Priced to sell.1,384
pygg.xyz, the former home for this blog, is nearing it's end.1,480
Breezeshooters 2024 - What I brought home.1,568
Pictures from Breezeshooters 2024 Hamfest.1,837
Don't stay at toxic workplaces. 1,341
The Breezeshooter's Hamfest is next weekend - June 9th 2024.1,682
Finding old wereboar posts in search engines?1,612
Hamvention 2024 - Sunday's Pictures.1,796
Hamvention 2024 - Saturday's Pictures.1,756
Hamvention 2024 - Friday's Pictures.1,793
I've had a few questions about the images here.1,482
Hamvention 2024 - Sunday's Stuff I Didn't Need (Ok, I'm just buying it because it's cheap!)1,574
Hamvention 2024 - Saturday's Stuff I Didn’t Need (mom it followed me home!)1,535
Hamvention 2024 - Friday's Stuff I Didn't Need (but it jumped in my car I swear!)1,598
Only one show on the calendar for June.1,450
The Dayton Hamvention is this weekend!1,661
My favorite part of opening old devices is...1,349
MFJ has announced they are closing their doors.1,573
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 41,625
A new LinkedIn scam.1,444
What I took home from TUSCO 20241,434
The 2024 TUSCO ARC Hamfest1,512
If you're planning on going to the Dayton Hamvention...1,537
Stuff I brought home from Cuyahoga Falls 2024.1,204
A Radio Shack 28-177 Crystal Radio Kit - Conclusion1,696
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 31,644
A Radio Shack 28-177 Crystal Radio Kit1,799
The 2024 Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest1,586
This 1986 Ford Radio.1,633
Imagine taking this 29-cent LED bulb back to 1955...1,460
Just some minor equipment repairs - cord replacements1,432
Remember these things?1,425
Tip Plugs for older test equipment are still purchasable.1,538
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 21,697
No amount of whining will get you that information.1,639
April Hamfests1,569
Dayton Hamvention is only about 6 weeks away.1,639
By the power of the sun!1,539
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 11,768
Pictures from the Scott Antique Market1,660
An Eico 145 Signal Tracer - Part 01,646
An unusual 115VAC demand meter.1,656
I guess making a complaint does work.1,542
Magic Eye Tube kits from China1,539
Multiple email SPF records? Yeah, go away kid, we don't care.1,503
All of the documents currently in wereboar’s archive - Part II.1,567
An IMD-202-2 for parts...but let's take a quick look anyway!1,491
Magic Eyes - glowing green magic from the vacuum tube era.1,625
That oddball connector on old test equipment...1,563
The Sunday Creek ARF Hamfest 20241,676
The Sunday Creek Hamfest has come and gone,1,540
Stabilizing the oscillator in the IM-1212 Meter, part 21,737
Mistakes were made - a long long time ago.1,537
An odd little part - single plate selenium rectifier.1,590
Stabilizing the oscillator in the IM-1212 Meter1,638
Another IM-1212 Meter. For some reason.1,667
December 2023's Scott Antique Market.1,593
All of the documents currently in wereboar's archive.1,587
The Regency EC-175 Frequency Counter Manual1,694
2024 Hamfest List2,239
I have to fix the equipment before I fix the equipment.1,608
An MMD1 8080 Trainer1,783
Random board shot: The Bell (Model?) Telephone Desk Speaker1,620
The Heathkit IM-1212 in operation. Kind of.1,613
I didn't take it because it's not enough money...1,654
An odd thing with Flatpress...1,744
Pictures from the November 2023 Scott Antique Market1,726
Pictures from the Fort Wayne Hamfest 20231,640
November 2023's Scott Antique Market1,612
A Heathkit IM-1212 from the Fort Wayne Hamfest - making it work again.1,810
DC Calibration of the Heathkit IM-1212 NIXIE DVM1,905
Notes from the Fort Wayne Hamfest1,586
Testing the Aliexpress Supercapacitor UPS.1,718
I finally got around to testing the supercapacitor UPS.1,561
pygg.xyz is gone.1,591
Did Espressif fix their RF spurs?1,725
An infrared camera for about $401,688
Pictures from Findlay 20231,600
A Supercapacitor UPS? Does it work?1,605
Findlay 2023 has come and gone.1,218
Neat things at the Johnstown Swapper's Day 20232,101
The Findlay Radio Club Hamfest AND The Johnstown Swapper's Day1,786
Pictures from the 2015 Dayton Hamvention1,759
Pictures from the 2015 Findlay Radio Club Hamfest1,536
The only two pictures I took at the 2016 Hamvention1,630
My haul from the Columbus 2023 Hamfest1,883
The Columbus 2023 Hamfest1,670
Checking out a Heathkit AG-7 Signal Generator1,921
Random board shot: The Atari 26001,704
Pictures from The Dayton Hamvention 20031,565
Checking out an Eico 145 Signal Tracer1,920
Random board shot: AT&T PBX Surge Suppressor1,730
This little werepig has settled in his new home.1,781
I didn't drag home much stuff from Butler, but...1,615
My new home for my project blog is here!1,754
The Breezeshooters' Hamfest 2023 - Butler, PA.1,845
Dayton purchase: An HP3440 NIXIE DVM1,600
Dayton 2023: Stuff I drug home.1,789
The Columbus (OH) Hamfest - August 5th 2023.1,794
The Breezeshooter's Hamfest - June 4th 20231,695
The Dayton Hamvention 20231,906
The Dayton Hamvention 2023 has come and gone.1,714
Monster.com has become nothing but noise.1,212
Random board shot - The Textolite "T"1,704
The TUSCO Amateur Radio Club 2023 Show - Junk I Took Home.1,788
The TUSCO Amateur Radio Club 2023 Show1,828
The 2023 Dayton Hamvention is almost upon us!1,822
My haul from the Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest.2,123
Returning a Kaypro 2 to it's original owner... but,1,961
Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest, 2023 show pictures1,735
The Tusco ARC Hamfest 1,833
The 67th Cuyahoga Falls ARC Hamfest1,743
The TMRA Hamfest Haul1,681
Random board shot - a commercial weather radio.1,743
A General Electric T-125A “All American Five” Radio, Part III1,943
The Breezeshooter's Hamfest 20231,718
A General Electric T-125A “All American Five” Radio, Part II1,771
A General Electric T-125A "All American Five" Radio1,832
Addendum to the hamfest list...1,676
StatusNet: Cleaning up the main page.1,925
My 2023 Hamfest list. See you there!1,970
The TechTran 980 standalone 5 1/4" disk drive.1,241
It's not a job requisition, it's just spam.1,752
Fort Wayne Hamfest this weekend.1,427
The comments are locked.1,782
Deleting bad files in Windows1,838
StatusNet: Sending email instead of SMS with a new post?2,232
The SwitchBOARd, a general purpose I/O device using the ESP-03.1,494
Re-opened my github account.1,825
The Fort Wayne (Indiana) Hamfest1,943
Didn't make it to the Findlay radio show...1,774
Allow access to a webpage only if inside the LAN?1,943
Blonder-Tongue Audio Baton (BT B-9) Schematics1,994
email misadventures - security is important!1,938
The Hallicrafters S-41G: Found the Sams folder.1,814
The Findlay Radio Club Hamfest - September 11 2022.1,741
The Hallicrafters S-41G: Found a schematic.1,896
The Hallicrafters S-41G Skyrider Jr.1,865
My haul from the 2022 Columbus Hamfest1,829
Pictures from the 2022 Columbus Hamfest1,983
Columbus, Ohio Hamfest 20221,357
Unusual and interesting light sensors2,048
Breezeshooter's (Butler, PA) Hamfest cancelled for 20221,089
Pictures from the Dayton Hamvention 20221,867
An EAS-1 Emergency Alert Decoder1,985
A potato of a board.2,021
Revisiting an old project with new ideas. 2,081
My 1996 group photo from Lucent Technologies.1,896
1959 Blonder-Tongue Audio Baton (B9) Graphic EQ Rebuild2,120
My haul from the 2022 Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest1,925
Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest - Show pictures1,895
The "gotchas" of cheap technology.1,905
Updating the Linksys WML11B media player for the modern age2,001
Pictures from the Findlay, Ohio Hamfest 2021.2,037
Breezeshooters Hamfest - June 4th and 5th, 20221,942
Dayton Hamvention - May 20, 21, and 22 20221,927
Pictures from the Columbus Hamfest 20211,903
Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest - April 9 20221,746
Just because it fits doesn't mean it will work...2,002
Don't overlook the power cord.2,008
I don't know if I want to.1,638
Columbus, Ohio Hamfest 20211,746
Getting set up.1,651