Evan Haydon
2009 7 Tube Superhet
Stations Heard: 255
In this contest last year I used my crystal radio. I built a new radio for this year’s contest. It is a seven tube super-heterodyne. The tube line up is as follows: 6SG7 tuned RF amplifier, 6SA7 mixer, 6J5 oscillator, 6SK7 IF (262 kcs) amplifier, 6SQ7 detector/agc/first audio amplifier, 6F6 audio output, and 6E5 tuning eye.
I was setting parts aside for this project for a couple of years. I built it in late June and early July of this year. The dial is from a 1930’s Weston signal generator. The circuit is basically a Zenith 5905 chassis from 1937. It works very well as it has great sensitivity and selectivity.
I set up for listening in my back yard with my home made loop antenna for part of the time. The loop is a dual FET amplified loop that works excellent with this radio. It is made of solid oak and is two feet across on each side.
The conditions for the summer contest were typical summer conditions with some storms and mostly weaker signals. Attached are four pictures of my radio.
Evan Haydon
4308 N 15th St
Lincoln, NE. 68521
Log
7/24
1 1528 KWMT 540 Fort Dodge, IA
2 1529 KFRM 550 Salina, KS.
3 1530 WNAX 570 Yankton, SD.
4 1530 WIB 580 Topeka, KS.
5 1531 KXSP 590 Omaha, NE.
6 1531 KCSP 610 Kansas City, MO.
7 1532 KMNS 620 Sioux City, IA.
8 1532 WOI 640 Ames, IA.
9 1533 KCRO 660 Omaha, NE.
10 1533 KFEQ 680 St. Joseph, MO.
11 1534 KGGF 690 Coffeyville, KS.
12 1535 KCMO 710 Kansas City, MO.
13 1536 KWOA 730 Worthington, MN.
14 1537 KLOE 730 Goodland, KS.
15 1540 KMMJ 750 Grand Island, NE.
16 1541 KCCV 760 Overland Park, KS.
17 1541 WJAG 780 Norfork, NE.
18 1542 KXXX 790 Colby, KS.
19 1543 KQAD 800 Luverne, MN.
20 1544 WHB 810 Kansas City, MO.
21 1545 KTIC 840 West Point, NE.
22 1546 KRVN 880 Lexington, NE.
23 1547 KGGN 890 Gladstone, MO.
24 1547 KJSK 900 Columbus, NE.
25 1548 KINA 910 Salina, KS.
26 1548 KYFR 920 Shenandoah, IA.
27 1549 KPSZ 940 Des Moines, IA.
28 1551 KJAG 950 Newton, KS.
29 1552 KMA 960 Shenandoah, IA.
30 1553 KYDZ 1020 Plattsmouth, NE.
31 1554 WHO 940 Des Moines, IA.
32 1555 KOAK 980 Red Oak, IA.
33 1556 KFAB 1110 Omaha, NE.
34 1557 KSAL 1150 Salina, KS.
35 1558 KOIL 1180 Omaha, NE.
36 1559 KVSV 1190 Beloit, KS.
37 1600 KJAN. 1220 Atlantic, IA.
38 1600 KFOR 1240 Lincoln, NE.
39 1601 KFFF 1260 Boone, IA.
40 1602 KNWC 1270 Sioux Falls, SD.
41 1602 KKAR 1290 Omaha, NE.
42 1603 KGMT 1310 Fairbury, NE.
43 1603 KHUB 1340 Fremont, NE.
44 1607 KAWL 1370 York, NE.
45 1608 KLIN 1400 Lincoln, NE.
46 1609 KOTK 1420 Omaha, NE.
47 1609 KRGI 1430 Grand Island, NE.
48 1610 KWBE 1450 Beatrice, NE.
49 1612 KXPN 1460 Kearney, NE.
50 1612 KLMS 1480 Lincoln, NE.
51 1614 KOMJ 1490 Omaha, NE.
52 1614 KTTT 1510 Columbus, NE.
53 1615 KSIB 1520 Creston, IA.
54 1617 KICS 1550 Hastings, NE.
55 1618 KLNG 1560 Council Bluffs, IA.
56 1618 KTCH 1590 Wayne, NE.
57 1619 KNCY 1600 Nebraska City, NE.
58 1620 KOZN 1620 Omaha, NE.
59 1625 KXEL 1540 Waterloo, IA.
60 1633 KDSN 1530 Denison, IA.
61 1637 KSCJ 1360 Sioux City, IA.
62 1659 KNLV 1060 Ord, NE.
63 1707 KSFT 1550 St. Joseph, MO.
64 1711 KSOO 1140 Sioux Falls, SD.
65 1714 KFTI 1070 Wichita, KS.
66 1715 KAYL 990 Storm Lake, IA.
67 1723 KWTO 560 Springfield, MO.
68 1740 KCNZ 1650 Cedar Falls, IA.
69 1933 KSTP 1500 St. Paul, MN.
70 1936 WKSH 1640 Sussex, WI.
71 1938 WTDY 1670 Madison, WI.
72 1943 KNSS 1330 Tulsa, OK.
73 1950 KFAQ 1170 Tulsa, OK.
74 1954 KBJD 1650 Denver, CO.
7/25
75 1243 KMAN 1350 Manhattan, KS.
76 1951 KGYN 1210 Guymon, OK.
77 2004 KKGM 1630 Ft. Worth, TX.
78 2005 KCJJ 1630 Iowa City, IA.
79 2006 KNID 1640 Enid, OK.
80 2008 KXTD 1530 Wagoner, OK.
81 2009 WCKY 1530 Cincinnati, OH.
82 2010 KOKC 1520 Oklahoma City, OK.
83 2013 KAKC 1300 Tulsa, OK.
84 2030 WOAI 1200 San Antonio, TX.
85 2031 KMOX 1120 St. Louis, MO.
86 2035 WMVP 1000 Chicago, IL.
87 2037 KQAQ 970 Austin, MN.
88 2041 WWL 870 New Orleans, LA.
89 2042 KKOW 860 Pittsburg, KS.
90 2044 WCCO 830 Minneapolis, MN.
91 2045 WBAP 820 Ft. Worth, TX.
92 2112 WPRR 1680 Ada, MI.
93 2118 KRJO 1680 Monroe, LA.
94 2126 KXNO 1460 Des Moines, IA.
95 2127 KZQZ 1430 St. Louis, MO.
96 2130 KTOE 1420 Mankato, MN.
97 2131 WSDZ 1260 Belleville, IL.
98 2134 KAAY 1090 Little Rock, AR.
99 2150 CBW 990 Winnipeg, MB. Canada
100 2155 WKY 930 Oklahoma City, OK.
101 2156 WLS 890 Chicago, IL.
102 2157 KOA 850 Denver, CO.
103 2157 WHAS 840 Louisville, KY.
104 2158 WAYY 790 Eau Claire, WI.
105 2158 WBBM 680 Chicago, IL.
106 2159 WJR 760 Detroit, MI.
107 2159 WSB 750 Atlanta, GA.
108 2200 WGN 720 Chicago, IL.
109 2200 KEEL 710 Shreveport, LA.
110 2201 WLW 700 Cincinnati, OH.
111 2201 WSCR 670 Chicago, IL.
112 2203 WBHR 660 Sauk Rapids, MN.
113 2203 WSM 650 Nashville, TN.
114 2209 WMT 600 Cedar Rapids, IA.
115 2220 KRWZ 950 Denver, CO.
116 2222 KRLD 1080 Dallas, TX.
117 2225 KSL 1160 Salt Lake City, UT.
118 2230 WBIG 1280 Aurora, IL.
119 2234 CKDO 1580 Oshawa, ON. Canada
120 2235 CHHA 1610 Toronto, ON. Canada
121 2237 WTAW 1620 College Station, TX.
122 2241 KRND 1630 Fox Farm, WY.
123 2247 WFSM 1670 Dry Branch, GA.
124 2252 KXTR 1660 Kansas City, KS.
125 2254 KXOL 1660 Brigham City, UT.
126 2300 KGYM 1600 Cedar Rapids, IA.
127 2303 KVGB 1590 Great Bend, KS.
128 2309 KAPE 1550 Cape Girardeau, MO.
129 2325 CHWO 740 Toronto, ON. Canada
130 2328 KNBR 680 San Francisco, CA.
131 2330 KTNN 660 Window Rock, AZ.
132 2334 KTRS 550 St. Louis, MO.
133 2336 CBK 540 Regina, SK. Canada
134 2341 KTSM 690 El Paso, TX.
135 2343 CBKF-2 860 Saskatoon, SK. Canada
136 2345 KTOK 1000 Oklahoma City, OK.
137 2355 WRHL 1060 Rochelle, IL.
7/26
138 2035 KBCV 1570 Hollister, MO.
139 2040 KCTE 1510 Independence, MO.
140 2059 KRCN 1060 Longmont, CO.
141 2108 KHAT 1210 Laramie, WY.
142 2114 WGEM 1440 Quincy, IL.
143 2119 KAMI 1580 Cozad, NE.
144 2125 KSIR 1010 Brush, CO.
145 2127 WBCK 930 Battle Creek, MI.
146 2129 KBHB 810 Sturgis, SD.
147 2132 CKLW 800 Windsor, ON. Canada
148 2135 KTWO 1020 Casper, WY.
149 2148 KGOW 1560 Bellaire, TX.
150 2155 XERF 1570 Acuna, Mexico
151 2200 KCJB 910 Minot, ND.
152 2204 KRMG 740 Tulsa, OK.
153 2232 KQCV 800 Oklahoma City, OK.
154 2235 KNTH 1070 Houston, TX.
155 2243 KDKA 1020 Pittburgh, PA.
156 2257 WWLS 640 Moore, OK.
157 2303 CFSL 1190 Weyburn, SK. Canada
7/27
158 2047 KWSL 1470 Sioux City, IA.
159 2051 KTNO 1440 University Park, TX.
160 2053 KELO 1320 Sioux Falls, SD.
161 2057 KOKA 980 Shreveport, LA.
162 2100 WORD 950 Spartanburg, SC.
163 2106 WGBF 1280 Evansville, IN.
164 2109 WAIK 1590 Galesburg, IL.
165 2153 WTAD 930 Quincy, IL.
166 2200 KZMQ 1140 Greybull, WY.
167 2212 KOKK 1210 Huron, SD.
168 2215 WIRL 1290 Peoria, IL.
7/28
169 1155 KAAN 870 Bethany, MO.
170 1157 KOGA 930 Ogallala, NE.
171 1159 KJLT 970 North Platte, NE.
172 1222 KCNI 1280 Broken Bow, NE.
173 1305 KLTT 670 Commerce City, CO.
174 1331 KFYR 550 Bismarck, ND.
175 1908 KPHN 1190 Kansas City, MO.
176 1922 KGNM 1270 St. Joseph, MO.
177 1954 KFAY 1030 Farmington, AR.
178 1959 KMBZ 980 Kansas City, MO.
179 2011 KWKH 1130 Shreveport, LA.
180 2017 KBRL 1300 McCook, NE.
181 2024 KSUM 1370 Fairmont, MN.
182 2027 KCNW 1380 Fairway, KS.
183 2059 WGTK 970 Louisville, KY.
184 2106 CMHI 570 Santa Clara, Cuba
185 2108 KMXA 1090 Aurora, CO.
186 2111 WKBF 1270 Rock Island, IL.
187 2147 WVON 1690 Berwyn, IL.
188 2150 KBGG 1700 Des Moines, IA.
189 2151 KDDZ 1690 Arvada, CO.
190 2155 KKLF 1700 Richardson, TX.
191 2225 KVEL 920 Vernal, UT.
192 2233 KBUF 1030 Holcomb, KS.
193 2238 KYW 1060 Philadelphia, PA.
7/29
194 0928 KVTK 1570 Vermillion, SD.
195 1833 KKOB 770 Albuquerque, NM.
196 1846 KGLO 1300 Mason City, IA.
197 1854 KRNT 1350 Des Moines, IA.
198 1928 KCIM 1380 Carroll, IA.
199 1940 KWLO 1330 Waterloo, IA.
200 2004 KCWJ 1030 Blue Springs, MO.
201 2026 KJSL 630 St. Louis, MO.
202 2055 KXEN 1010 St. Louis, MO.
203 2104 WHAM 1180 Rochester, NY.
204 2235 KKHK 1250 Kansas City, KS.
205 2251 CHRB 1140 High River, AB. Canada
206 2300 CKRM 620 Regina, SK. Canada
207 2321 KDDR 1220 Oakes, ND.
7/30
208 2100 WIBA 1310 Madison, WI.
209 2107 WPRE 980 Praire du Chien, WI.
210 2123 KKDA 730 Grand Praire, TX.
7/31
211 1507 KMAJ 1440 Topeka, KS.
212 1525 KLOH 1050 Pipestone, MN.
8/1
213 2144 KVIS 910 Miami, OK.
214 2206 KDHL 920 Fairbault, MN.
215 2216 KOLT 1320 Scottsbluff, NE.
216 2230 CKOC 1150 Hamilton, ON. Canada
8/3
217 1920 KYNT 1450 Yankton, SD.
218 1932 KHMO 1070 Hanibal, MO.
219 1956 KQWB 1660 West Fargo, ND.
220 2021 KUVR 1380 Holdrege, NE.
221 2052 KQPN 730 West Memphis, AR.
222 2100 WKMI 1360 Kalamazoo, MI.
223 2109 WTAM 1100 Cleveland, OH.
224 2205 KOKB 1580 Blackwell, OK.
225 2210 WNQM 1300 Nashville, TN.
226 2214 WDAY 970 Fargo, ND.
8/4
227 1755 KNDY 1570 Marysville, KS.
228 1900 KBOE 740 Oskaloosa, IA.
229 1935 WCRT 1160 Donelson, TX.
230 1944 WYLL 1160 Chicago, IL.
231 2148 WDXI 1310 Jackson, TN.
232 2158 KFKA 1310 Greeley, CO.
233 2220 KMKI 620 Plano, TX.
234 2222 XEROK 800 Cuidad Juarez, Mexico
235 2243 KCKK 1510 Littleton, CO.
8/5
236 0659 KJUA 1380 Cheyenne, WY.
237 2133 CFTR 680 Toronto, ON. Canada
238 2317 CFRW 1290 Winnipeg, MB. Canada
239 2348 KATZ 1600 St. Louis, MO.
8/6
240 0006 WLPO 1220 LaSallle, IL.
241 0033 CKBI 900 Prince Albert, SK. Canada
242 2025 KIXZ 940 Amarillo, TX.
243 2033 KVSH 940 Valentine, NE.
244 2046 KRMO 990 Cassville, MO.
245 2111 WXNT 1430 Indianapolis, IN.
8/7
246 2036 KNAB 1140 Burlington, CO.
247 2050 WROK 1440 Rockford, IL.
248 2136 KZRG 1310 Joplin, MO.
8/8
249 1927 KOWZ 1170 Waseca, MN.
250 1955 KCAB 980 Dardanelle, AR.
251 2000 KWYR 1260 Winner, SD.
252 2010 KFAN 1130 Minneapolis, MN.
253 2020 KASM 1150 Albany, MN.
254 2052 KFAL 900 Fulton, MO.
255 2217 WMIX 940 Mount Vernon, IL.