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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:
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With beret and with a Michigan Mighty Mite in hand
Re: Nuts and Volts is back.
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I also used to pick up copies for free at hamfests, back in the early
80's as I remember. It was a different physical format back then; larger
and printe...
So be over with the old radios... A comment to me
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Apologies for dwelling on the radios that never were. This is 2025 and many
hams only want to see the New Stuff. So, I stop here.
Yesterday was a balance b...
Tech Talk on ABC Radio
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Atlassian is a hugely successful Australian software company that makes
tools for software teams. Last week they surprised everyone by announcing
the purch...
HRWB 245 - Projects with Pat Hensley, W5WTH
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In this episode our good friend Pat Hensley, W5WTH, joins us to talk about
his latest super creative electronics projects and his design process. Pat
co...
The Communicator September - October 2025
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*Back With a Fall Issue*
This publication, "The Communicator" from Surrey Amateur Radio
Communications (SARC), serves as a bi-monthly electronic periodical...
W1WEF
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Episode 530 - Jack Schuster - W1WEF In this episode of QSO Today, we sit
down with Jack Schuster, W1WEF, whose amateur radio journey spans more than
73 yea...
The "George Batterson 1935 CW QSO Party" - Summary
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The first *George Batterson CW QSO Party* has concluded and the results are
in! The "*GB*" was introduced to honor George Batterson (W2GB), who along
wi...
KK4DAS MB 20 Transceiver Complete
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The MB 20 transceiver is now complete. The rig is a homebrew 10-watt
20-meter SSB transceiver. The VFO module was an ebay purchase of a
salvaged Yeasu...
A Curious 9 MHz Crystal from Mouser Electronics
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Just a quick post to share info about a good 9 MHz crystal sold by Mouser
Electronics.
I last purchased batches of crystals for xtal IF filters back in 2...
40m Pelican Case SSB Transceiver
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See YouTube channels for details:
http://www.youtube.com/c/CharlieMorrisZL2CTM
*Test code for the LCD and Si5351*
#include
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Hollow-State Design, 3rd Edition
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Hollow-State Design, 3rd Edition is available from: Lulu Press:
tinyurl.com/hollowstatedesign3 eBay: search for “hollow-state design”
Electric Radio bookst...
I Finally Bought My Dream Airplane
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Aviation has been a love of mine since I was a very little person. Living
in Nevada, seeing posters and ads for the Reno Air Races, specifically the
Texa...
Daylight Again – An all Analog Radio
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What’s all this? In 10 seconds, A high performance, 7MHz, 5 watt SSB rig
Draws just 24 mA of current 90 dB dynamic range, 80 dB close-in dynamic
range 3D ...
Modifications to the Dayton/FDIM-2019 Antuino
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The Dayton Antuino has sub-optimal performance. This is a short note on
improving it to an 80 db range of measurements. The trouble with Antuino
2.0 (the o...
Raduino as NBFM TX
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Here is a neat, 30 minute hack for your Raduino to turn the Si5351 into a
pretty stable, solid NBFM transmitter. The hack is to add a varactor diode
in ...
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Where did you source the enclosure?
ReplyDeleteAlways looking for good ones in the UK