Tuesday, October 12, 2010

SolderSmoke IS BACK: #126

October 11, 2010
SolderSmoke returns!
Shack #7: The New Shack
Drake 2-B inhaling RF
Listening to 75 AM and SSB: WA1HLR, KM1A
Time signal on 3820 +/-?
Repairing DaVinci Code QRSS rig
UK test gear works fine on this side of pond!
Computer woes: First Linux SolderSmoke
Astronomy from inside the Beltway
Winter SPRAT: Great info, philosophy, inspiration
Charging up solar cells
Inbound Boatanchors: DX-40, DX-60, HQ-100, HA-600(A), HT-37
MAILBAG
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9 comments:

  1. Hi OM Bill,
    glad to hear you're back -
    tired of of nicotine gums..
    73
    Peter/DL3PB

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  2. Good to see you back, Bill. Will new episodes of Soldersmoke be on iTunes?
    GL OM DE G5VZ

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  3. Glad to have you back!

    Some comments:
    I believe the time station is HD2IOA from Guayaquil, Ecuador ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD2IOA )

    As for astronomy Northern Virginia, you may want to check out the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club : http://novac.com/
    They also have some maps of the light pollution for the area.

    Lastly, SolderSmoke -- The Book:
    I'd be quite happy to read it that way, because I actually prefer digital versions of books to paper versions.


    73,
    Nick LaPointe, KB1SNG

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  4. Woo Hoo!
    Welcome back!

    Bill N5AB

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  5. Yea, but not on iTunes?

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  6. I´m glad you are back!

    Eric SA5BKE

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  7. Boy!. The audio sounds very good to me, but you sound like a totally different person than the one I have been listening to for the last year.

    Bill, W8BC

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  8. Okay, I am listening now for about 20 minutes using QuickTime Player which allows one to increase the playback speed. I am listening at twice normal speed and your voice seems more like your old self. But, hey, maybe it's all me. Maybe I have not heard SolderSmoke for so long that I have just forgotten what your melodious voice really sounds like.

    Bill
    W8BC

    P.S. Turned 65 since your last podcast, so maybe the problem is my old ears.

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