{"id":5392,"date":"2020-05-01T11:23:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T15:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/?p=5392"},"modified":"2025-03-15T16:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T20:58:48","slug":"bug-refurb-another-piece-from-the-old-novice-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/2020\/05\/01\/bug-refurb-another-piece-from-the-old-novice-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Bug Refurb &#8211; Another Piece from the Old Novice Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>from Bruce, N1LN<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Another piece of the old novice station finished today.\u00a0\u00a0 The bug is one that my long ago SK uncle, W2NAD, gave me after I first got my ticket. \u00a0Since then I modified it into a paddle to use with a keyer I built from the ARRL book, Understanding Amateur Radio.<\/p>\n<p>Now about 56 years later, it is a bug again!<\/p>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5394\" src=\"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2904.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2904.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2904-366x488.jpg 366w, https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2904-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n [c] [y] photo by N1LN, OCRA Inc<\/center>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I lost the original weights so I made one out of a large galvanized bolt.\u00a0\u00a0 I cut the head off with a hack saw, drilled it \/ tapped it and DONE!<\/p>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5395\" src=\"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905-366x488.jpg 366w, https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2905-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"content\">\n [c] [y] photo by N1LN, OCRA Inc<\/center>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He also let me borrow his HQ-129X, which is why I purchased one to go with my DX60 \/ HG10 combo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Bruce, N1LN Another piece of the old novice station finished today.\u00a0\u00a0 The bug is one that my long ago SK uncle, W2NAD, gave me after I first got my ticket. \u00a0Since then I modified it into a paddle to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/2020\/05\/01\/bug-refurb-another-piece-from-the-old-novice-station\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects-homebrew-hamshack"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5392"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8355,"href":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392\/revisions\/8355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncocra.org\/WordPress_v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}