Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
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...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

California Typewriter -- Full Movie with Tom Hanks

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I think this one is a bit over the top.  They are way too interested in the old typewirters.  The artist who destroys the old machines to ma...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

SolderSmoke Podcast 262: Hybrid Wireless, 100 Watt Amplifier, Antipode VK6, Tropo DR to PR?, Mixers, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #262 is available:  Audio only: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke262.mp3 Video:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSUyE...
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Thursday, November 6, 2025

A Visit to the U.S. National Radio Astronomy Observatory (and the surrounding Quiet Zone)

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Because my kids went to college in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, I sometimes found myself asking Google Maps how long it would take to ...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

VK3MO and WA3O - The Brotherhood of Ham Radio

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Ian VK3MO and his daughter Rachel in 2006 I have known Mike WA3O for many years -- he sent me his HW-7 QRP transceiver, which I proudly disp...
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Thursday, October 30, 2025

About Our New SolderSmoke Blog Template

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About 17 years ago, when I set up the SolderSmoke blog, I wanted three columns.  Google Blogger/Blogspot didn't seem to have one, so I e...
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Saturday, October 18, 2025

Notes from an Australian SA612 Enthusiast

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One of the first articles that I put on this blog was an NA5N post about the SA-612 -- this was originally posted on December 2, 2006:  http...
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