Just go to http://soldersmoke.com. On that archive page, just click on the blue hyperlinks and your audio player should play that episode.
http://soldersmoke.com
You will remember Colin as the builder of that beautiful BITX20 that he first used from his backyard and later used with great success from a hilltop in Northern England. In this video we see Colin demonstrating his Michigan Mighty Mite. Lots of soul in that little machine! Colin notes that this rig worked well from the start. The Radio Gods were obviously pleased by his use of a tuna tin as the chassis. I think they also liked the MePads from W1REX and the Tek 465 'scope. And of course the T-shirt was obviously a key element in Colin's success.
Here is that beautiful BITX, now equipped with an internal speaker:
Crystal Radios • Re: Elmer Osterhoudt
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Aging Elmer. Young next to Old.
Statistics: Posted by zeropower — Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:20 pm
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Where did you source the enclosure?
ReplyDeleteAlways looking for good ones in the UK