Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

SolderSmoke Podcast 266: TROUBLESHOOTING! Test Gear, LA6NCA, ZIA Rig, Australia, Nuvistors, 75 AM, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast # 266 is available.  Video version:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hbLmsFxzx4 Audio version:  http://soldersmoke.com/...
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Thursday, August 13, 2026

Paul Taylor VK3HN Talks about Hombrew and SOTA

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkd1o2PQI9M It was great to see Charlie NJ7V of Red Summit RF interview Paul Taylor, VK3HN.  Paul has bee...
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

VK3ACU Builds a Transmitter for 3.579 MHz

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Colorburst, my friends.  CBLA stuff from OZ.  A chip in the mix.  Thanks to Paul VK3HN for sending us this.  
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Monday, June 29, 2026

SolderSmoke Podcast #265: AI Pete, WSPR, sBITX, San Diego, Last Ditcher, NYC, 17-12 Fix, MMM Blasphemy, 6T9er, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #265 is ready for download.  Video Version:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jWYe6NxnJA Audio Version:  http://solders...
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Thursday, June 25, 2026

My AI QSL Card: Wood Boxes, a D-104, Books, a 'Scope, the EB-63A, Guapo, our Sticker, and a Cup of Coffee! KK0S's Cards

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Inspired by the ZL2BNE card sent to me by VK3HN, and the excellent question from Walter KA4KXX,  I endeavored today to create a QSL card tha...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

A Really FB HB QRP QSL Card from New Zealand

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  That's the spirit!  The solder is melting.  Note the oscilloscope.  Note the books on the shelf. This amazingly good QSL card was sent...
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Saturday, May 30, 2026

A Very Basic (and Cool) SSB Transmitter from Australia and New Zealand

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  https://www.siliconchip.com.au/Issue/SC/2026/June Our good friend Peter Marks VK3TPM sent this to me, after QRP Guru Peter Parker VK3YE al...
Saturday, December 27, 2025

The Coastwatchers -- Their Rigs and Their Islands

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  AWA Teleradio 3BZ used by coastwatchers during the war Source: Australian War Memorial (P01035 .006) Here is a great site about the AWA 3B...
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Saturday, December 20, 2025

Bricoleur -- "Someone Who Fixes Stuff with Whatever he Finds Around"

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A short time ago Paul VK3HN told us about the term bricolage. It seemed to capture much of the homebrew spirit.  This morning I heard Van Ne...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Grote Reber -- W9GFZ -- Radio Astonomy Pioneer, Homebrew Hero

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First off, what a great name. It is a real ham radio name.  Grote Reber.  And he was indeed a ham:  W9GFZ.    We don't have names like t...
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Monday, December 1, 2025

Book Review: "Big Ear Two -- Listening for Other-Worlds" by John Kraus (1995)

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This book is kind of weird, but give it a chance.  The author seems too prone to describe the physical attributes of his colleagues, especia...