Showing posts with label Lafayette HA-600A. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lafayette HA-600A. Show all posts
Thursday, July 4, 2024

Electronic Toys and Their Influence on Us

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Mike WU2D recently put out this interesting video.  I vaguely remember the springs on the Radio Shack kits -- I also remember (bitterly) not...
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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...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Mike WU2D Looks at the "Dream" SW Receivers of the 1960s and 70s (Video)

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Wow, I really liked Mike's walk down memory lane. I saw several of my own dream receivers:  S-38E.  Indeed, this little monster did add ...
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Monday, November 8, 2021

Did You Contact My Novice Station WN2QHL in 1973-1974? Please Check My List and Let Me Know

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Yesterday I went through my novice logs from 1973-1974.  I was in Congers, NY and my call was WN2QHL. Please take a look at the callsigns fr...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021

SolderSmoke Podcast #233: PIMP, Boatanchors, Novices, MMM, Heathkits, DC Receivers, Mailbag

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SolderSmoke Podcast #233 is available.  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke233.mp3 Travelogue: Cape Cod. SST. Marconi Site. The WFSRA:  ...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021

N2CQR (WN2QHL) Novice Station Re-Created

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  There it is.  The 2021 re-creation of the WN2QHL Novice Amateur Radio Station.  This is what I had when I first went on the air in April 1...
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Saturday, February 6, 2021

Some Thoughts on Singly Balanced Mixers with Two Diodes and One Transformer

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In 2001, out it in the Azores, I built a 17 meter version of Doug DeMaw's Double Sideband transmitter ("Go QRP with Double Sideband...
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Monday, February 1, 2021

The VFO that I am looking for: The Globe VFO deluxe

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  I mentioned this in the last podcast.   I'm looking for one of these. I had one as a kid, and used it with a DX-40 and a Lafayette HA-...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

SolderSmoke Podcast #228

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Soldersmoke Podcast #228 is available:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke228.mp3 Of course, no travel.   But vaccines are here so maybe soo...
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Friday, January 1, 2021

Glowing Numerals for the Lafayette HA-600A (With Jeweled Movements)

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  I really like this receiver.  I have strong sentimental ties: it was my first SW receiver.  But the frequency readout situation was kind o...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020

So Many Wonderful Things on W7ZOI's Site

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  There he is.  Wes Hayward, W7ZOI in 1957.  I had never seen this picture before.  I found it on Wes's recently updated "shackview...