Showing posts with label Hamel--Armand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hamel--Armand. Show all posts
Saturday, February 3, 2024

Armand's Receiver -- A Beautiful Regen from WA1UQO

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Armand writes: The video above shows a quick pass up 40M. The radio sounds better than the video would have you believe (better than I expe...
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Friday, February 2, 2024

First Light! First Signals received on Version II of Homebrew 15-10 Transceiver

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Ianis S51DX in Slovenia was the first call sign heard. Some peaking and tweaking remains to be done, but the receiver is working. Congra...
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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Basil Mahon is an Author for Us -- He explains Faraday, Maxwell, and Heaviside

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  Armand WA1UQO has sent me two of Basil Mahon's books.  They are both really great.  He is a wonderful writer who has the rare ability ...
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Sunday, July 30, 2023

Understanding Maxwell's Equations (video)

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And you should also look at the accompanying web site:  https://www.maxwells-equations.com/m/index.php#maxwells Writing about the equations,...
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Monday, March 28, 2022

Vienna Wireless Winterfest Hamfest 2022

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After a two-year pandemic hiatus, yesterday the Vienna (Virginia) Wireless Society's annual "Winterfest" hamfest was back.  An...
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Monday, March 23, 2020

AM Diode Detector + 41 and 49 meter Shortwave Bands for HRO-dial Receiver (videos)

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The COVID-19 emergency is a good time to look around the shack for projects you have been meaning to take on but didn't have the ...
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Sunday, April 21, 2019

A Beautiful Variable Capacitor (from Pete)

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Is this a thing of beauty, or what?   Pete sent this to me back when I was having trouble finding a "smooth running" variable...
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Monday, January 21, 2019

A Homebrew HRO Dial by DL6WD, Homebrew Hero

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Take a look at that beautiful rig in the bottom of the cover pictures. (A closer shot appears below.)  That is an HRO dial, right?  Or is...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

National Dial and Gearbox Problem Resolved

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Thanks to all who offered advice and assistance.  With help from you guys -- and  especially from Pete Juliano N6QW -- I think I have this...
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Saturday, June 23, 2018

SolderSmoke #205 Solstice, Mars, Antennas, Displays, Phasing Fix, VFOs, Lexicon, MAILBAG

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June 23, 2018 SolderSmoke Podcast #205 is available:   http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke205.mp3 -- Summer solstice.  Mars Observ...
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Sunday, December 4, 2016

Boxed-up and Looking Good: An End to "HRO Al Fresco"

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The "al fresco" phase has ended for my HRO receiver project.  As has happened with homebrew projects around the world, this rig...
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Saturday, December 3, 2016

TRGHS! HB2HB! Homebrew Extravaganza on 40 Meters!

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AC7M HB Amp and HB Power Supply I was flying solo last night.  Everyone else in the house was out.  So I turned to ham radio for some...
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Saturday, October 22, 2016

A Package from Hyderabad: Farhan's BITX 40 Module Arrives in Virginia

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I am having a really EXCELLENT radio morning here at SolderSmoke East coast HQ.  I made some progress on the Armand HRO receiver -- j...
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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Cool Jazz from New Zealand as Heard on a Homebrew Superhet Receiver (VIDEO)

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I'm making slow but steady progress on this one.  The origin of the project was the beautiful National HRO dial and gearbox that Arman...
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Monday, September 26, 2016

Video of Armand HROish Receiver

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Saturday, September 24, 2016

SolderSmoke Podcast #190: Pilgrims, Junkbox rigs, BANDSWEEP, Matching xformers, On the Air with HB, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #190 is available: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke190.mp3 Pilgrims' Progress:  Inspiring words from G3RJV ...
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Sunday, September 4, 2016

First Signals from the "Armand HROish" Receiver

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I've been kind of busy lately with other things, but I have managed to squeeze in a few minutes most days to work on my latest rec...
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Monday, July 18, 2016

Building a VFO. A BIG VFO. IF options?

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Once again, The Radio Gods have Spoken (TRGHS).  An off-hand comment at the Manassas Hamfest, a bit of encouragement from Pete Juliano,...
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Saturday, July 9, 2016

HRO (not HOR!) -- The King of Reduction Drives

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At the recent Manassas Virginia hamfest Armand WA1UQO and I came across an old HRO receiver. Armand mentioned in passing that he had an...
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