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"GlowBugs" A "Nick Name" given to early Ham Radio Operators and Experimenters who used "Tubes", due to the "Glow" the tubes made. It is still fun and educational. Also reviving part of history. Click on Pictures and Links for more Info! Radio Amateurs Beginners Guide (using tubes) www.lindsaybks.com/bks3/fortune/index.html
This is a picture from a 1932 QST cover.
Click on pictures for a link to a Project
http://faculty.frostburg.edu/phys/latta/ee/6cl6xmtr/6cl6xmtr.html
W.W.II RADIO HISTORY BROUGHT TO LIFE AT THESE SITES
www.mines.uidaho.edu/~glowbugs/PARASET.gif "This was one of the first truly successful miniaturized transceivers, built by or for Britain's S.O.E. (Special Operations Executive) which conducted sabotage, spying, and other nefarious activities behind German lines during W.W.II." Click on the links for the rest of the story. www.mines.uidaho.edu/~glowbugs/transmitters.htmlwww.mines.uidaho.edu/~glowbugs/paraset.htm www.qsl.net/ik0moz/LA5MT_Paraset.htm www.qsl.net/ik0moz/paraset_eng.htm
A ONE TUBE 40-METER QRP TRANSCEIVER Anything less would be two cans and a string... www.glowbugkits.com/
Click on Picture to Visit "The Hammond Museum Of Radio"
RF CONNECTORS, TRANSFORMERS, HAMMOND BOXES & A LOT MORE
FOR A GREAT SOURCE OF VINTAGE PARTS
Visit & MAX-GAIN SYSTEMS www.mgs4u.com
The premier source of tooling, parts, and accessories for bench top machinists.
Large inventory for servicing and manufacturing Amateur, Commercial and Broadcast Communications Equipment.
W2XO's Amateur Radio Resources www.w2xo.pgh.pa.us/hamlinks.htm
AC6V's HOMEBREW ANTENNAS LINKS www.ac6v.com/antprojects.htm#40M
www.oselectronics.com/ose_p86.htm For coil Forms, clips, sockets and more
Narrow the band width go CW!
See The FMJ-418 Morse Code / CW Tutor with LCD Display www.mfjenterprises.com/products.php?prodid=MFJ-418 Look at The NEW MFJ 2005 Ham Catalog Click Here www.mfjenterprises.com/index.php
For Ham Radio to fit your budget see: Small
Wonder Labs Koch Trainer click here Click here to go to My Vintage 813 TRANSMITTER Join & Support the ARRL, they
ARE our voice to the FCC ! Click Here
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You can get back issues of QST on CD ROM starting in 1915 from the
ARRL. Click here 
