VE7CNF Amateur Radio Station
The True North Strong and Free!
NEVER the 51st state!

From the proud and independent nation of Canada.

Southwest British Columbia, Canada

VE7CNF Articles:

Activating AN/ARC-5 Transmitters from WW2

630m Sea and Land Portable Operation

630m Band Antenna Matching Using a Resistive Divider

630m Band Transmitter

630m Band 30W Transverter – High Power Mixer, No PA

VE7CNF Lightwave Station

Lightwave Circuits

VHS Propagation: Radio Long Delayed Echoes and Video Recorders

Condenser No 7

A Spark Gap Transmitter with a Pure Note

A Primer on Digital Beamforming

12.5 Inch Newtonian Reflector Telescope


Hallicrafters SX-71, ICOM IC-7300, Heathkit VF-1 and DX-40, Yaesu FT-101B, Hammarlund HQ-129-X


MOPA Transmitter setup for AWA Bruce Kelley 1929 QSO party, with 20m band coils. Type ’45 tubes.


AN/ARC-5 Transmitters from WW2, for 80m and 40m.


Johnson Viking Valliant 2 CW/AM transmitter.

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