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Yesterday I was listening (as I do each morning at 0635) to Garrison Keillor's "Writer's Almanac." (I use a beautiful old FM broadcast receiver that Rogier out in California sent me for my birthday.) Garrison announced that it was the birthday of the Arecibo radio telescope (it opened on November 1, 1963). I wanted to post something about this on the blog, but was running a bit late and didn't get to it. This morning I was greeted by an e-mail from Ken, KG6PO, alerting me to a really magnificent video tour of the Arecibo facility. Wow. This is truly amazing. You guys are going to love this one. Three cheers for Bob Zimmerman! As I watched, I got the distinct feeling that we were visiting Bob's shack, and that the dish was his antenna!
Please spread the word about this video -- it is a real shame that it has only received 757 views. Three cheers for the guys who filmed this. Beautiful work.
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W4HBK's QRSS Grabber: The Amazing Pensacola Snapper (Live!)
Re: NEAR-Fest Reports & Photos
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Speaking of which, I didn't get many shots at the dinner though I did get a
few. Unfortunately, my cell phone camera lens isn't very wide angle and
apparen...
SDR-2017: Assembly, First Light and Audio Tweaking
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Receiving AM Broadcast station - note the IBOC "sidebands".After lots of
"noodling", I'm finally getting to the fun part: Putting it all together.
Touchi...
LF Tests From WH2NXD / NI7J
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For those of you with an interest in amateur LF work, you may be interested
in the upcoming WSPR test transmissions from Ron, WH2XND / NI7J, located
in ...
Vibroplex Bug Vari-Speed
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How Slow Can You Go ?
My friend Kurt (N4KJK) has loaned me his Vibroplex Original Deluxe Bug.
Shiny, Indeed!
Vibroplex Original Deluxe Bug with Vari-Speed ...
Simpleceiver Plus SSB Transceiver ~ A new DifX
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A Move to the Simpleceiver SSB Transceiver
The first steps to the Transceiver Configuration.
10/16/2017 ~ Response to some questions.
The Ghost in the ...
Gaelic WSPRs
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I was fortunate to spend a week on the banks of Loch na Deasport on the
Isle of Lewis and (as previously advertised) I decided to throw out some
WSPR signa...
HBR10HF and HBR4HF front panel face lift
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HBR10HF facelift : *. Additional phone jack *. Additional key jack *.
Additional pc audio in and pc audio out *. 5cm Aluminum rotary knob for
freq dial HBR...
Ergonomic BITX Enclosure -- 3D Print
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*Wow, Michael's amazingly cool BITX enclosure looks like you could use it
to ask Scottie to beam you up. *
*Put an end to those freakish contortions -- 3D...
Two Essential Add-ons For Bitx and Other QRP Rigs.
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In this post I am going to discuss two very simple but very essential
add-ons for Bitx and other similar type of QRP sideband rigs. These two
add-on module...
UHF Travels
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Many amateur experimenters stay in the familiar comfort zone of HF. A small
number venture into VHF, and even fewer devote time designing, building and
o...
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This is very cool Bill. Thanks very much for posting it.
ReplyDeleteMark
KC4GIA