Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
Thursday, October 5, 2023

A Cuban Knack Story, and a Pandemic (SITS!) SSB version of the DSB Jaguey Rig -- Viva el Cacharreo!

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  First, the Knack Story.  Andy CO2AFV clearly has The Dilbert Disease:  Hello my name is Andy. I had an interest in Ham radio before knowin...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Nick's "Shelf-17" Al Fresco Homebrew Transceiver -- Frank Jones Would Approve!

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This is a really wonderful video from Nick M0NTV.   Some reactions:   -- Wow, a real celebration of Al Fresco!  And of the wooden chassis --...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Putting a Real LC VFO in My Ceramic-Resonator, Direct Conversion 40 Meter Receiver. LC JOVO! (Video)

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This is the DC receiver that I built back in 2017-2018. I had used a ceramic resonator in the VFO. That receiver was on the cover of SPRA...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

iPhone Direct Conversion Receiver with Variable Ceramic Oscillator

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A while back Bob N7SUR got us talking about winter projects.  Receivers.  Of course, Pete and I quickly went down different paths.  Pet...
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Monday, October 2, 2017

TRGHS: I Can Hear the Roosters of Boa Vista

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At the instigation of  Bob N7SUR I've been working on a simple, easy-to-reproduce Direct Conversion receiver for 40 meters. I'm b...
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Hearing the Roosters from Boa Vista, Brazil

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The ham radio day got off to a good start at N2CQR yesterday.  40 meters was open in the morning and PV8AL was calling CQ.  Helio had a s...
Monday, November 9, 2015

Brazilian Minimalism: The Curruira Transmitter

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Miguel PY2OHH is the Wizard of Sao Paulo. This morning I was looking at his wonderful web site and came across this little rig.  It...
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Monday, April 14, 2014

Bert's Pititico (PY2OHH) Rig (Video)

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Bravo Bert!   http://wf7ihomebrew.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/a-listen-on-40m-with-the-1-transistor-pititico/ Our book: "SolderSmoke...
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

PY2OHH's New Super-Minimalist (11 Component!) QRPp Transceiver

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Wow!   Check out the latest rig from PY2OHH, the Wizard of Sao Paulo, http://py2ohh.w2c.com.br/trx/pititico/pititico.html Our book: ...
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Friday, March 14, 2014

The Wizard of Sao Paulo

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It has been about 4 years since Miguel, PY2OHH, has been mentioned in this blog.  That's too long!  Miguel has churned out an impress...
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

My Other Car was Homebrewed with Junkbox Parts!

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At the SolderSmoke Store we have a bumper sticker to that effect. Here's a guy who actually did it! http://jalopnik.com/#!5785679/home...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Sunspot 1057 Doing Good Work for US!

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I got up early this morning, and so did 30 meters. Take a look at the WSPR signal reports that greeted me (below). My 20 mW DSB signal was...
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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Amazing Brazilian Homebrew.. with DSB Maritaca

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Every once in a while I do a Google search on "QRP DSB." This morning the search yielded a real gem: Miguel PY2OHH has a s...
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