Showing posts with label Juliano -- Pete. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Juliano -- Pete. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Oscillation! Negative Resistance! Barkhausen Explained Very Well!

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It is not every day that we find a web site or a YouTube video that discusses negative resistance and the Barkhausen criteria.  But that day...
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Sunday, June 15, 2025

A Nice Quick HW-101 Restoration Video

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  This video is almost enough to get me to work on my old HW-101.  Pete N6QW has been working on an HW-32A monobander. Some of the info in ...
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Sunday, June 8, 2025

Phil W1PJE, Director of MIT's Haystack Observatory, visits SolderSmoke East, Talks Radio with N2CQR and KK4DAS

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We were very pleased that Phil W1PJE was able to visit yesterday. Phil is the Director of MIT's Haystack Observatory . He is very know...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

SolderSmoke Podcast #260 FDIM, Hollow State Design, Pete's Bench and the Shelf of Shame, Direct Conversion Project News, How Best to Preserve this Blog?, Dean's Bench and the Desk of Despair, Bill's Bench and the Garage of Grief, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #260 is available:  Audio version:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke260.mp3 Video version:  https://www.youtube.com/w...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Chuck N4AVC's FB SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver: "I enjoyed the build and testing."

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Chuck N4AVC's use of the frequency counter in his digital multimeter is pretty cool and innovative. And it is nice to have yet another r...
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Monday, May 19, 2025

Honorable Mention: Andreas DL1AJG's THREE SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receivers for Biologists

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  Andreas DL1AJG was another of those intrepid hams who,  in the dark of winter 2023 took up the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver Chal...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

On the importance of taking a break.

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Thomas K4SWL has a good post about the importance of taking a break from radio.  Following up on this, I noted that "taking a break...
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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Derek N9TD's SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver -- With a Double Sideband Transmitter

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  Derek N9TD was another of the early builders of the Direct Conversion receiver; he has done really magnificent work.  He is an Electrical ...
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

The 10 meter Beacon at HI7/N2CQR (and reception reports)

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Above is the 10 Meter beacon at HI7/N2CQR. The first one to hear the beacon was Dean KK4DAS in Northern Virginia, within hours of it going ...
Monday, January 13, 2025

SolderSmoke Podcast #256: HNY SKN, LA Fires, Barkhausen! Southern Cross, Homebrew vs. Kits, AN762 Kit, Woe, Beacon, ARRL Kids, SDR Build, DC RX videos, Pete Hacked! Power alternatives, KWM4, Mailbag

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A Tale of Woe!  SolderSmoke Podcast #256 is available:  Audio:  https://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke256.mp3 Video:   https://www.youtube.com/...
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Friday, December 27, 2024

Derek N9TD's Magnificent Build of the TJ Direct Conversion Receiver

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  I think it is magnificent.  Derek N9TD fought his EE tendencies and recognized that the perfect can be the enemy of the good.  So he went ...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Happy Birthday to Pete Juliano, N6QW

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  Pete Juliano   Excellent husband and father. Vietnam veteran who went into harm's way for his country. Master homebrewer.  A great coo...
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Friday, December 13, 2024

SolderSmoke Podcast #255 -- Accept the HB Challenge!, DeMaw SSB, Brilliant TR-3, Tube Talk, Ground Truth, Tales of Woe, SDR RX, Pico Balloons, MAILBAG

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Mythbuster II -- 20 meters only SolderSmoke Podcast #255 is avalable:  Audio:       http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke255.mp3 Video:        ...
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Monday, November 25, 2024

Pete N6QW Has Hybrid Rig On-The-Air

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  A thing of beauty on a wooden board.  Pete's post:   https://n6qw.blogspot.com/2024/11/11252024-1st-dx-with-40m-hybrid-rig.html "...
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