tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post7313179463474090129..comments2024-03-28T08:01:27.111-04:00Comments on SolderSmoke Daily News: SolderSmoke Podcast #180 Pete's Beam, Simple-ceiver, 2-B, Noodling, Homebrew and SDR?, "The Martian", MailbagBill Mearahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07662500663603350847noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-30517764448297502512015-09-23T18:55:06.831-04:002015-09-23T18:55:06.831-04:00Bill and Pete,
Aloha. Great Show! I got the &qu...Bill and Pete,<br /> Aloha. Great Show! I got the "free" copy of SolderSmoke and am enjoying it immensely. It has sparked the Knack-o-matic engine in my brain to on and now I have this "need" to solder things together. HI HI<br /> I am really looking forward the simpleceiver and definitely want to try and build one.<br />Edward<br />WH7TTEdward Haddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230756968783199434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-63292985791524713612015-09-23T10:16:50.534-04:002015-09-23T10:16:50.534-04:00had my 2B/2BQ since the 1980's great ham band ...had my 2B/2BQ since the 1980's great ham band receiver Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376423964936909477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-25431589110162357882015-09-22T17:18:26.361-04:002015-09-22T17:18:26.361-04:00Hey Bill and Pete
I'm pretty sure Grand Pooba...Hey Bill and Pete<br /><br />I'm pretty sure Grand Poobah is derived from the character Poo-Bah in Gilbert & Sullivan's opera Mikado. Poo-Bah was a high ranking official in the Chines court.<br /><br />73<br /><br />Gareth - M5KVKGareth - M5KVKhttp://www.m5kvk.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-10681657548260004412015-09-21T19:59:19.316-04:002015-09-21T19:59:19.316-04:00Bill/Pete,
Thanks for the plug and nice comments ...Bill/Pete,<br /><br />Thanks for the plug and nice comments on my videos. I just posted the "part 3" video on the 2B this weekend, including the last of the obvious repairs and some on-air testing. All I need to do now is touch up the alignment...<br />73,<br />Alan<br />w2aewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13487833918600029532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-10432884551377770662015-09-21T09:29:21.655-04:002015-09-21T09:29:21.655-04:00Hello Bill and Pete,
Great episode! When you were ...Hello Bill and Pete,<br />Great episode! When you were talking about how it will be hard or impossible to work with some of the small smd chips that are replacing through hole components I remembered a video I saw on hackaday who made a video of himself making a gps enabled geiger counter. He is working with a chip with extremely small pads, wiring it up point to point with enameled wire. It is a very cool build to behold! You always speak of Vlad; well he is alive and well, although in this case his name is Shibata. I worry about the disappearance of bigger, easier to solder chips too, but then again, we are a resourceful bunch and if we really want to put something together, we will find a way. And some of these chips can do amazing things! Here is a link to the video:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo8qckXgNNw<br /><br />Here is the hackaday write up:<br /><br />http://hackaday.com/2015/04/26/a-deadbugged-gpsglonassgeiger-counter/<br /><br />Thanks for all that you both do to promote the radio ARTS :-)<br /><br />73!<br /><br />Jeff<br />KF7RPIjeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16366896680786966453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-9975601463890038762015-09-20T19:42:58.498-04:002015-09-20T19:42:58.498-04:00Hi Bill,
Tweaking --- adjusting f...Hi Bill,<br /><br />Tweaking --- adjusting for effect<br /><br />Majik smoke --- too much tweaking can release this<br /><br /><br />Scratch and daub --- tuning stripline and microwave stuff<br />quite literally by adding copper or foil or removing it.<br /><br />Drilling and blasting --- mechanical construction <br /><br />smoke and majik --- descriptions that are less than scientific and a bit obscure.<br /><br />Turning the circuits knobs --- In the design of a circuit you can vary its behaviour, bias, tuning, and so on. See tweaking and also magik smoke.<br /><br />One I've used for decades is... hexperiments, the "h" must be there and its about invoking the hex of math and science <br />in an experimental project. As in, a successful hexperiment.<br /><br />Jacki Gleason used it fist and Fred Flintstone was somewhat modeled on the Honeymooners which came first. The grand Poobah and to the moon Alice stick in the mind.<br /><br />Filters with less than 5-6 crystals tend to have seriously soft skirts. Its a limitation of how much selectivity you can get from four crystals in a filter.<br /><br />That leads to now that receivers have reached a level that is very high we now need to talk about transmitters and the<br />RF baggage they produce.<br /><br />An old term from a hardware hacker of some four decades back. Moving bits is easier than moving wires. I started both moving wires (hardware design) and moving bits Software development. The moving of bits is expansive<br />as you can go further. That and tweaking bits is less inclined to loose the majik smoke. ;)<br /><br />Allison<br />Allison/kb1gmxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361028147602484427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-72368911623239792602015-09-20T15:45:47.103-04:002015-09-20T15:45:47.103-04:00another great show. Cant wait to hear more about ...another great show. Cant wait to hear more about the Simple-Cever. if a book is coming out, I want one. Already bought a few SI5351 breakout boards from AdaFruit to have on hand. Aj4UMAJ4UMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079461804381017767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-10377616774731139412015-09-20T11:46:14.399-04:002015-09-20T11:46:14.399-04:00now i m finished listen .....thanks Bill and Pete....now i m finished listen .....thanks Bill and Pete.complimenti ,bravi ragazzi :)Mikele 9a3xzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16716820440015079127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-60559372962280067642015-09-20T01:20:37.482-04:002015-09-20T01:20:37.482-04:002B is worth working on had one since 1975
dave wd8...2B is worth working on had one since 1975<br />dave wd8cyvAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16503451531886734419noreply@blogger.com