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Thursday, November 30, 2023
AA9IL's Sputnik Tube, Altoids Tin Transmitter
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Other Workshops: Genius Girl Fixes (Re-builds!) Old Tractor
Monday, November 27, 2023
Video on Discovery and Restoration of the Apollo Guidance Computer
Saturday, November 25, 2023
Some Short-Wave Listener QSL Cards
Friday, November 24, 2023
A FREE Book from the Early Days of Ham Projects with Transistors: The CK722 -- The Device that Got Pete Juliano Started in Homebrew
You can get the book for free here:
We are really lucky to have Pete Juliano sharing his vast tribal knowledge with us.
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Other Workshops: A Twin Cylinder Solenoid Electric Motor and some Very Cool Craftsmanship
Maceij's YouTube channel has many other projects, many like this one: https://www.youtube.com/@maciejnowakprojects
Thanks to HackaDay for the heads up.
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
On my Second Day on 10 meter AM, I Worked K5JC -- the Creator of the Mod that I was Using (Video)
See video above. This happened on my second day on 10 meter AM. I was using the little GE CB radio that I had modified for 10 meters. I had lucked out. First bit of luck: the CB that I bought (for parts!) at a hamfest turned out to be just the thing I needed for a quick and easy mod. The GE box had what is called a Hygain board and -- most important -- a PLL02 chip. Second bit of luck: I stumbled across an article by Jerry K5JC on how to put this particular kind of device onto 10 meter AM. Boom, Bob was my uncle, and I got on 10. Then, today, the miracle happened. I heard Benny K5KV and I gave him a call. He asked about my rig. I described the mod to the GE CB. Benny seemed kind of surprised, and for good reason. You see, Jerry K5JC (the guy who created the mod that I was using) had just broken squelch on Benny's rig! Benny told him to get on 10 and soon I as in contact with the guy who had created the mod that I was using. The Radio Gods Have Spoken. Thanks Benny and thanks a Jerry. This was all really cool.
Think of odds of this happening: On my second day on 10 AM, running just 4 watts, I just happened to contact Benny K5KV in Texas who just happened to be in 2 meter range of Jerry K5JC, who just happened at that moment to be breaking squelch on Benny's 2 meter rig. TRGHS.