Showing posts with label Armstrong -E. Howard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Armstrong -E. Howard. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Sticker Spotted Near the Old NYC Home of E. Howard Armstrong

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  Thanks Dave! 
Monday, January 3, 2022

1BCG -- The 100th Anniversary of the Trans-Atlantic Test

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Thanks to the Antique Wireless Association for this really wonderful video, and for their involvement in the 100th anniversary event.  Speci...
Saturday, December 18, 2021

On 17 meter CW from Santo Domingo with a uBITX

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We are up on the 12th floor of a building in Santo Domingo. I brought my uBITX and managed to check in as baggage a 16-foot crappie fishing...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Super-Regeneration is Super-Strange

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Farhan VU2ESE is largely responsible for this.  He has recently been talking about VHF.  (More about this in due course.).  This started me ...
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Friday, September 3, 2021

1BCG -- 1921 Transatlantic Test and the Upcoming 100th Anniversary

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In December 2021 we will reach the 100th Anniversary of the famous Transatlantic Test that marked the first crossing of the Atlantic by radi...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Video: E. Howard Armstrong and Early Radio

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This is a really wonderful video. It might seem slow to those accustomed to faster-paced YouTube videos, but the information content is very...
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Thursday, June 3, 2021

Remastered! The Secret Life of Radio -- With Updated Comments from Tim Hunkin

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Thanks to Stephen 2E0FXZ for alerting us to this important video.  We first posted about the original many years ago.  We were delighted to ...
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Monday, November 25, 2019

SolderSmoke Podcast #215 Regen Madness, KWM-4, Paesano, Mailbag

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Latest N2CQR version of N0WVA's Regen SolderSmoke Podcast #215 is available.  25 November 2019 http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmok...
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Thursday, May 9, 2019

Book Review: "Man of High Fidelity: Edwin Howard Armstrong" (Free Download)

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Dave W2DAB sent me this wonderful book.  He picked up a copy at a recent Columbia University lecture on E. Howard Armstrong.  Written by t...
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Saturday, May 4, 2019

SDR vs. HDR - Is the Superhet Dead?

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Pete N6QW had this very interesting video about Software Defined Radio on his blog .  Thanks to G3WGV for putting this presentation togethe...
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Monday, January 28, 2019

The Secret Life of Machines -- Radio

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We had this on fhe blog three years ago, but it is so good that it deserves a second posting.  Thanks to our old friend Stephen Walters f...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Armstrong, obsessed

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Jerry AA6KI sent me a nice website about radio hero E. Howard Armstrong . It contained an image that seemed to cry out for a meme.  I...
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Monday, December 21, 2015

The Secret Life of Machines -- The Radio (Video)

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Thanks to Rick N3FJZ for sending this to us.  In 25 minutes these fellows manage to capture and explain much of the "magic" of r...
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Friday, September 12, 2014

Schematic for "Off the Shelf" Regen

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NOTE (May 2024) The eagle eye of Walter  KA4KXX spotted an error in this schematic.  The source resistor in the MPF-102 stage should be aro...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Armstrong Memorial Transmissions

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Here is the site for the Howard Armstrong 75th Anniversary of FM Transmissions: http://www.wa2xmn.ar88.net/ Be sure to follow the links on t...
Friday, January 22, 2010

Does Math Lead to Understanding?

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In "SolderSmoke -- The Book" I describe the quest for deep understanding of the circuits that we build and use. There is some dis...
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Monday, February 16, 2009

Armstrong's Regen (and lots more)

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There it is. Howard Armstrong's regenerative receiver. Mike, KC7IT, led me to the wonderful website that has this picture, and much mo...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

My ET-1 / FETer (Transceiver Made with One FET)

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Magnificent, don't you think? This is my version of the ET-1 or FETer. It is an HF transceiver using only one active device -- a singl...
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