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SolderSmoke Podcast #208 is available: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke208.mp3 15 December 2018 Pete and the California fires Bill goes to Brooklyn 2 meter simplex A return of the trivial electric motor Audio from Mars HF Conditions -- a real mixed bag Pete looks back at 2018 -- The Year of the SSB Transceiver -- Lessons Learned Hans Summers, the QSX and the virtues of SDR W7ZOI's DC Receiver Retrospective The 1972 Solar Flare and the Vietnam War SHAMELESS COMMERCE: Buy your gifts through the Amazon link to the upper right. Consider SolderSmoke the book as a gift. Visit Pasta Pete's for cooking ideas. Don't Build It! Sage -- but unexpected -- advice from Pete. Straight Key Night approaches. Book Reviews: --"What is Real?" (Quantum Physics) -- RHdb by K6LHA. Movies "Bohemian Rhapsody" "First Man" (Not yet!) MAILBAG: Steve G0FUW Ed KC8SBV
I feel a moral obligation to put these projects on the blog every time I see one. It just seems like the right thing to do. Great work on the Pilotron. Great workshop video also.
I agree completely with the e-mojis. Wow! Cool! I love it! Hans Summers is a genius. This is almost enough to make me get with the program and embrace SDR. Hans has done what seemed to have been impossible: true homebrew with SDR.
How long will it be before NASA starts getting critical comments on the audio quality, along with very confident statements about how to change the audio settings on the menu? Well, at least they have "presence." The Elser Mathes Cup awaits a winner!
Today's SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of Farhan's Exseed Satellite was really spectacular. Congratulations Farhan! Really inspirational stuff. Now we wait to hear the bird. If I have loaded the orbital information correctly, I should have my first chance this evening. I have my antenna positioned.
In response to popular demand, "SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics" is now available as an e-book for Amazon's Kindle.
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W4HBK's QRSS Grabber: The Amazing Pensacola Snapper (Live!)
Laugh of the day
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Posted by the K9YA Telegraph on Facebook:
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so! IMHO, it's THE best *free* Amateur ...
Boeing 787 Antennas
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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Sally, who writes: Besides being a
bit of a radio geek, I also love aviation and am working on my PPL (private
pilo...
Hunting Foxes With QRP
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For those of us that enjoy CW as well as QRP operating, the *Winter QRP Fox
Hunt* nights make for an exciting combination of both interests.
The *...
2018 ~ The year of SSB Transceivers
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The Year is Just About Over!
*This is the "last gasp rig' for 2018.*
Don't try this with your Bitx40 or uBitx!
*What Drives Ham's to do insane things?*
When ...
This and that
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My distaste for phone is evident in my latest upload results on LoTW. Forty
years in the hobby and still not even 100 entities confirmed on that mode;
seve...
Guest Post – N6JJA’s WBR-Oscar Regen Receiver
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Back in May of this year, Sheldon N6JJA began sending me information and
details of his version of N1BYT’s WBR regenerative receiver. It went
through sever...
Further 6J5/6L6 Transmitter Developments
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My shack continues to be in a state of flux, Nothing is built just once. As
I rethink things, stuff is added or changed.
In this case I decided to pair my ...
FT8 Cracked
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I’ve got an early Christmas present for you all! In conjunction with
today’s final release of WSJT-X 2.0.0 (n.b. I’m not affiliated with that
project in an...
The Trans-Oceanic Project
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If you're reading this, there's a pretty good chance that you've got a soft
spot for Commander MacDonald's baby: The Zenith Trans-Oceanic. I certainly
do...
Audio Test Gadget
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While I was waiting on some parts and a set of boards to come in from
China, I decided to try making an audio frequency test gadget.
Since I had some of wha...
Regulated voltage for Regenerative receiver project
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Mr. Regula-tor
Building a regenerative tube receiver seems to have been a rite of passage
for all hams of yesteryear. Although I built one from a kit (4-St...
A New Look for your uBitx!
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Adding a "Cool Blue" Display to your uBitx!
The standard "green background" with black lettering frequently reminds me
that I suffer from Chronic seasicknes...
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