Showing posts with label Alaska. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alaska. Show all posts
Saturday, March 25, 2023

Update on the High-School Direct Conversion Receiver Project: Board #4 Completed

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One of the receivers. (l to r) AF, PTO, Mixer, BP filter The students continue to make great progress on their direct conversion receivers. ...
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Sunday, July 24, 2022

A Surprisingly Good Movie from the Late 1960s: "The Ham's Wide World" (Video)

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I found this movie to be surprisingly good.  Narrated by Arthur Godfrey, it features Barry Goldwater, and a lot of other hams.  There is a h...
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Sunday, April 4, 2021

A Satellite Ground Station (Receiver) Made from Junk

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Very cool.  This guy (who brew up on an island in Alaska) really knows how to use aluminum tape and the junk that fills most workshops. I li...
Saturday, May 2, 2020

A Toroid Winder from the Wizard of Wasilla -- Paul KL7FLR

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Paul KL7FLR has been sharing tribal knowledge with us for several years now.  He recently provided insights on how to tap threads into ...
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

630 Meter DX from Wasilla, Alaska

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Kl7L's 600m Part 5 station Hi Bill - It's been a few years and I'm sort of glad my global wanderings have been curtail...
Friday, August 11, 2017

Alaskan Road-Kill Microphone

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I got a kick out of Paul's message from Alaska -- on my bench I have an almost identical project, including the sink strainer ...
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Monday, January 3, 2011

More WSPR DX

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I was pleased to find this report (above) on my screen this weekend. Wake Island. This morning I saw that yesterday I was picked up by one ...
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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Alaska QRSS Grabber Controlled from CHINA!

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Our friend Laurence leads an interesting life... http://www.kl1x.com/ Hi Bill and greetings from the NE coast of still summery China - actua...