Showing posts with label 160 meters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 160 meters. Show all posts
Thursday, March 23, 2023

More Cuban Homebrew from the 80's and 90's -- A 160 Meter AM (Controlled Carrier) TX with Soviet 6P23s

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  160 Meter Transmitter Jose CO6EC writes:  I will be sending you some work of homebrew from the 80's and 90's when practically ever...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

SolderSmoke Re-Play: Shep tries to build a Heising Modulator -- Shep on Parasitics and Troubleshooting: "That way madness lies"

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You guys really have to listen to this.  This is culturally important.    In this 1965 radio broadcast, Jean Shepherd describes his teenage ...
Thursday, July 7, 2016

Narrow Band FM on 160 Meters? Using SSB phasing rigs?

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On the G-QRP mailing list our British cousins are discussing the use of Narrow Band FM on Top Band.   160 meters has long been used fo...
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Friday, February 19, 2016

Inside the Hammarlund HQ-100

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I continue to work on this old beast.  I picked it up in the Dominican Republic around 1994.  One of the IF transformers had gone open. ...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Just Below 160 Meters -- "Travelers' Information Service"

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In the course of working on my 160 meter AM station I came across a strong AM signal a bit below Top Band.  Turns out it is part of somethin...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Single Sideband + Carrier -- The Collins KWS-1

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Back on 2 February I was on 160 AM with the DX-100, talking to WA4PGI.  At the end of our QSO we got a call from a station.  I was at...
Saturday, January 23, 2016

Blizzard Prep Priorities: Protecting the 160 meter L network!

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I'd been meaning to build a proper cover for my improvised 160 meter L network. The approach of Winter Storm Jonas pushed me into action...
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Thursday, January 21, 2016

High-Pass Filter Knocks Down AM Broadcast Interference

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WFAX 1220 AM was starting to bother me.  Each morning, I'd be drinking my coffee, listening to nice roundtables on 160 meters, when...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Arduino Problems -- Back from the Ledge

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As I was struggling through this, someone -- who will remain nameless -- told me that because of all the technical problems resulting from t...
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Saturday, January 16, 2016

SolderSmoke Podcast #184 160 AM and CW, R2 Phasing Receiver, Mailbag

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SolderSmoke Podcast #184 is available http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke184.mp3 16 January 2016 -- The Radio Amateur is BALANCED --...
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Friday, January 1, 2016

Happy New Year! Straight Key Night on 160 Meters

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A while back, when I first mentioned getting on 160 meters by year's end, Pete suggested I shoot for Straight Key Night.  As many o...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

The K7DYY Solid State Class D Legal Limit AM Transmitter

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I was on 160 Meter AM this morning, talking to Chet WB2AHK in New York City.  Chet had a very strong signal here.  He was running...
Monday, December 28, 2015

First Contact on 160 Meters

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Hooray!  After 42 years on the ham bands I have finally made a contact on 160 meters.  And it was on AM, using John Zaruba's DX-100. ...
Sunday, December 27, 2015

"Receiver Here is My SWR meter OM..."

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Santa managed to include in his delivery some of the materials that I needed to build my 160 meter inverted L antenna.   You see, Steve Silv...
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