Showing posts with label DX-100. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DX-100. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 5, 2023

The Beginning of MY Radio Life...

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  Unlike Pete (see below), I don't have any cool pictures of me in front of an early station.   But in the picture above,  there I am, a...
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Saturday, June 11, 2022

Putting the "Mate for the Mighty Midget" Back to Work -- With a DX-100 on 40 Meter AM

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After working on it for a while I got so fond of my old Hammarlund HQ-100 that I moved it from the AM/Boatanchors operating position over to...
Friday, May 6, 2022

Working On My Old Hammarlund HQ-100 (Part 1)

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I like this old receiver, with all its shortcomings.  I picked it up in the Dominican Republic in 1993 or 1994.  I've been using it on A...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Wisdom from AA0ZZ: NO LIBRARIES! ASSEMBLER CODE ONLY! -- "Digital Crap" -- "No Magic Fruit" What qualifies as a real rig? Si570 vs. Si5351

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  Bill, Why do you guys make your Soldersmoke podcasts so darn intriguing such that I can’t listen to them in the background while I’m doing...
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Sunday, January 21, 2018

Mike Rainey and Heavy Metal AM Phone

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Michael Rainey AA1TJ wrote:   I can tell you exactly what's going on here. I'd just received a license upgrade from "Novic...
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Sunday, October 29, 2017

Ron Gang, 4X1MK on "QSO Today" Podcast: Knack Story, Satellites, Quads, Philosophy

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Wow, Eric Guth's interview with Ron Gang 4X1MK really resonated with me:  -- Asked about how he got is start in radio, Ron went ba...
Monday, February 27, 2017

VE7SL and THE POWER OF THE GREEN GLOW

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Steve VE7SL recently discussed Heathkit's wise use of the color green in the VF-1 and DX-100 frequency readouts.   The power of green...
Monday, March 14, 2016

HEAVY METAL! How to Handle HEAVY Boatanchors -- And Which is Heavier: R390 or DX-100?

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Grayson:  I was on 40 AM today and I mentioned to the guys your thoughts about the possible need for a block and tackle and a m...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

75 and 40 Meter AM on my HQ-100 (Videos) + Digital Display

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And here is how I sample the oscillator frequency for the digital counter.  I use an old trick:  I wrap some wire around the oscillator...
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Monday, December 28, 2015

First Contact on 160 Meters

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Hooray!  After 42 years on the ham bands I have finally made a contact on 160 meters.  And it was on AM, using John Zaruba's DX-100. ...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

AM Madness: Just When You Thought It Couldn't Get any Cooler...

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I pulled an old Eico 435 'scope out of retirement.  I hope to use it as a modulation monitor (any suggestions on easy ways to hook ...
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Sunday, November 15, 2015

And Now for Something Completely Different: Boatanchors! AM! Top Band!

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Lately  I found myself looking for something different to get involved in.  Pete's conversion of his Ten-Tec commercial rig got me t...
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Sunday, October 7, 2012

W1UX

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Now THAT'S a ham shack! My Mighty Midget receiver allowed me to listen in this morning to Al, W1UX, and friends on 75 meter SSB. One ...
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Sunday, September 9, 2012

An SWL QSL

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I always like to get QSL cards from shortwave listeners.   I suppose this has to do with my broadcaster tendencies.  I blame Jean Shepherd f...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

A Father's Day DX-100 Story

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Warning:  In this post we are DEFINITELY leaving the world of QRP.  There is nothing even remotely QRPish about the Heathkit DX-100.  Thi...
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Friday, September 23, 2011

HW-7s, CB:"A Gateway Drug", and The Manly Way to Tune a Transmitter

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I got a kick out of this e-mail from Cory, WA3UVV: Hi, Bill! While listening to SS137, you brought back some warm memories. Bert Ses...
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Saturday, February 19, 2011

K2ZA's DX-100 Arrives at SolderSmoke HQ

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Today was big day here at SolderSmoke HQ. John, K2ZA, and his lovely wife Erika drove down from New Jersey bringing with them the Heathkit ...
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