Alcohol Stove for camping
UPDATED 7/25/2025 Plus other Hot Topics – like Fire by Friction Seems that I am the last camper in North America to have heard of these clever contraptions. Backpackers […]
Archive for December, 2010
MRCG – MRHS Operating Event 2013
May 2013: The 18th Annual Muster of the West Coast Military Radio Collectors Group has just concluded on May 4th, 2013. The meeting was set up at the California National […]
MRGC-MVCC Battalion Communications Center
UPDATED: 2/3/18 Battalion Communications Center – Military Vehicle Collectors of California Rally’s: A periodic display of Military Communications Equipment at the MVCC events. Some interesting “Joint Operations” were held at […]
Out There / HAARP
HAARP: High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program HAARP had been shut down at least temporarily since May 2013 due to budget cuts. But the primary reason is the inability of […]
ATX Computer Power Supply repurposed
The PC type desktop computers seem to have a universal type ATX or the newer ATX12V power supply. These are multi-voltage units that are pretty much standardized in various power […]
Veterans Day Displays
Some photos of recent military radio displays set up for Veterans Day events. These were set up at the Veterans Memorial Building in Danville CA. The central themes varied over […]
Radio News
UPDATED 2/23/2025 What’s happening at N6CC, both at the home QTH as well as off-grid Ops out in the boonies. Type 12 / MAW Hearability Tests: In October 2010 we […]
Military Vehicle Collectors Rally April 2012
UPDATE: The MVCC Camp Delta and Battalion Communications Center for 2012 are now history. For some photos of the 2012 event setup, go to the Radio News category, MVCC Battalion […]
Crystal Radios / Fox Hole Radios: For me, it all started here
Updated: 12/15/2023 My father built this Heathkit CR-1 Crystal Radio for me for my birthday when I was in the 5th grade, circa 1959. I helped ;0)….. It was a […]
GRC-109 / GRC-9 Battery Operated Power Supplies
UPDATED 2/9/17 Both the GRC-9 and GRC-109 used the BA-48 battery to power their respective receivers as an option. When operated from the various dynamotor, vibrator or AC supplies, the […]