Radium Painted Meters
UPDATED 7/14/2025 Like old wrist watches with “glow in the dark” hands and numerals, some meters of that era had radium paint on their needles and scales. A Radium-containing compound […]
Emergency Response: RACES – ACS – CERT
UPDATED 2/22/2026 We are members of the local Sheriff’s Communications Unit (COMU) organization. COMU is a uniformed team of volunteers in our County Office of Emergency Services and is structurally […]
Supporting the USMC “Young Marines” program
Updated 1/8/2023: We have been involved as instructors with the Golden Gate Young Marines unit. They are from the San Francisco bay area and were based on the USS Hornet […]
N6CC Fixed Stations
UPDATED: 9/4/24 One of many morphs of my station. Mostly WWII equipment with some from the 1950’s and 1960’s. Definitely “EMP Proof”. Patch panels allow me to select any of […]
Short Wave Listening at N6CC
Early Short Wave Listening, Numbers Stations, The Woodpecker etc As with many Hams I started out young as a Short Wave Listener “SWL”. Even today, long after I earned my […]
Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 103
UPDATED 6/27/2025 A “Post-Covid” MIUW 103/104 reunion is being planned for WAS HELD Oct 7, 2023 in conjunction with Fleet Week. SAVE THE DATE. The plan is for a semi-annual […]
Field Expedient Antenna Systems
And other simple DIY Antenna Contraptions “If it’s stupid – but works – it isn’t stupid” Murphy’s Laws of Combat UPDATED 2/28/2025 A good field expedient antenna must first start […]
Ancient Heathkit Oscilloscope
Update: 6/11/2024 Another project: I restored an ancient Heathkit O-8 scope. The design is based upon a 5CP1 CRT as used in various WWII Military radars and IFF sets; the […]
Collins 618F-1A VHF Aircraft Transceiver
UPDATE 9/18/2022 The latest project at N6CC is “reviving” a 1965 Collins 618F-1A VHF aircraft radio. This radio was designed for light aircraft as an early frequency – synthesized radio […]
AN/VRC-10 / RT-68 Transmitter-Receiver
UPDATED 12JUNE2019 Some fun with an RT-68 VHF FM Transceiver set up with its PP-112/GR matching power supply: The basic VRC-10 pair… I don’t have a shock mount just yet. […]