Showing posts with label Fishpool -- Tony. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fishpool -- Tony. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Ian Keyser G3ROO and Spy Radios

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Above is a recent ICQ podcast interview with Ian.  Here is a slightly older interview with Ian: https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2018-10-1...
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

SolderSmoke Podcast #244 PETE IS BACK! TR-7, CK722, BFR106, HP8640B, High-School Receiver, 10 Min TX, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #244 Is available: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke244.mp3 Video version at: (118) SolderSmoke - YouTube HE’S BACK! ...
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Sunday, September 11, 2022

An Especially Good (Old) SolderSmoke Podcast

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February 22, 2008     -- We were in Rome.   -- I read a 1931 QST ad sent to me by my fellow "Hambassador" David Cowhig, WA1LBP; Da...
Saturday, March 26, 2022

Getting More Rigorous About Receiver Design (Video)

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As I finished up the receiver on my 17-12 SSB transceiver, I started to wonder -- how good is it?   Sure, I could hear stations on both band...
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Friday, November 5, 2021

The Importance of Keeping the Noise FLAT

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  A few days ago I put up a blog post about using a noise generator (in my case my cheap FeelTech sig generator) and my TinySA spectrum anal...
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Saturday, October 30, 2021

Using Noise to Sweep a Filter with the TinySA

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  I've been meaning to try this for a long time.  Years ago Tony Fishpool and Graham Firth wrote about using a noise generator and a spe...
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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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Saturday, July 3, 2021

M0NTV's Latest Breadbox Rig -- The Radio Gods Have Spoken (TRGHS)!

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Tony G4WIF sent me this video from Nick M0NTV.  It presents Nick's latest Bread Bin project -- "The Optimizer."  -- I really l...
Friday, March 12, 2021

The Secret Life of LEDs -- A new Tim Hunkins Video

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Thanks to Tony G4WIF for alerting us to this really nice video from the fellow who made all those great "Secret Life of Machines" ...
Sunday, January 31, 2021

Repairing My Maplin Audio Waveform Generator

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I picked this generator at the Kempton Park rally in London many years ago.  I use it quite a bit, not only for circuit testing but also as ...
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Thursday, September 24, 2020

Global Specialties Corporation 6000 Frequency Counter -- Anyone have a Plessey SP8630B Chip?

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Continuing my effort to improve my workbench and its test gear, this week I turned to an old frequency counter that I picked up at the Kempt...
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Friday, June 12, 2020

Software for Computer Interface with NanoVNA: NanoVNASaver

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In the UK, "brilliant" is high praise indeed.  So when Tony G4WIF told me that the NanoVNASaver software was brilliant, I too...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Antennas, Money, and Ham Psychology

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During SolderSmoke Podcast #222, Pete lamented the fact that many hams are willing to spend significant amounts of money on "man...
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Saturday, February 29, 2020

How to Measure Output Impedance (video)

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Thanks to Tony Fishpool G4WIF for alerting us to this very useful video by Alan Wolke W2AEW.  Alan's video channel is a real treasu...
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Sunday, July 7, 2019

The Fish Soup 7 QRP Rig -- On the Air on 40 Meters (video)

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I don't know why, but this weekend I got the urge to get on the air with a very low power homebrew QRP rig.   I reached for my Tuna Ti...
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