Showing posts with label Mars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mars. Show all posts
Sunday, April 21, 2024

The War of the Worlds -- In CW -- By Chuck Adams AA7FO

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This is for CW fans, or for those wishing to improve their CW skills.  You can now listen to the entire H.G. Wells book in CW, thanks to Chu...
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Thursday, February 22, 2024

The Mars Helicopter and its CO2 Insulation

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This video isn't about homebrew ham gear, but nonetheless I found it very interesting.  Of particular interest is the bit about their ne...
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Thursday, January 26, 2023

"The Electrical Experimenter" -- A Treasure Trove of Inspiration

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Oh this is really phenomenal.  Nick "the Vic"  M0NTV is on the mend from some routine surgery.  While mending he found this 1915 i...
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Saturday, December 3, 2022

SolderSmoke Podcast #242 Mars, New Hams, Direct Conversion, SDR Console, Proficio, PSSST, 8 meters, A BIG MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #242 is available Audio podcast:   http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke242.mp3   Video:   (362) SolderSmoke Podcast #242 D...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

SolderSmoke Podcast #85 With Mike Herr WA6ARA June 8, 2008 WIZARD ISLAND!

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When I was putting this podcast up on YouTube, I needed a picture of Mike Herr WA6ARA who was my guest on this episode.  I found a picture o...
Thursday, April 21, 2022

An Eclipse, a Sunset and a Sunrise, all on Mars

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https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/26671/insight-captures-a-martian-sunrise-and-sunset/?site=insight#:~:text=NASA's%20InSight%20lander%20sn...
Sunday, November 7, 2021

JPL, Mars Helicopter, Cube Sats, Ham Radio and more: N5BF talks to Eric Guth 4Z1UG

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This morning Eric Guth has a really interesting interview on his QSO Today podcast.   Courtney Duncan N5BF had a full career at JPL and is t...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Hi Def 360 Degree Panorama from the Mars Perseverance Rover

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Put this on full screen view and set for max Hi Def presentation.  You can stop the video around the 1:10 mark, but then still use your mous...
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Friday, June 4, 2021

To Mars in 1964 -- Building the Camera and Radio Systems

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This is a really excellent video showing how JPL engineers and technicians designed, built and tested the first video camera system sent to ...
Thursday, June 3, 2021

Remastered! The Secret Life of Radio -- With Updated Comments from Tim Hunkin

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Thanks to Stephen 2E0FXZ for alerting us to this important video.  We first posted about the original many years ago.  We were delighted to ...
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Saturday, May 15, 2021

SolderSmoke Podcast #230 is available! Apr 1, Mars, Group Build, SDR, SSB, Mich Mighty Mites, Mailbag

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SolderSmoke Podcast #230 is available for download http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke230.mp3 N2CQR was down for maintenance  A few words abo...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Part of Wright Brothers' Airplane Now On Mars with Ingenuity Helicopter

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  Very cool.  Great idea.  https://phys.org/news/2021-03-wright-brothers-1st-airplane-nasa.html
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

A REALLY Cheap Receiving Rig

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Wow, lots of ingenuity in this 1921 receiver. -- Has anyone actually made a diode out of a light bulb in the way described?  -- The antenna ...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Awesome Video of Perseverance's Landing on Mars

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When we watched the landing on February 18, Elisa kind of complained that they were using simulations -- like the rest of us, she has come t...
Saturday, February 20, 2021

A Step Closer to the Elser-Mathes Cup? Ham Receives Signals from Mars

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  That is the antenna that Scott Tilley VE7TIL  used to receive signals from the Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-1 in orbit of Mars.  In a recent...
Monday, December 21, 2020

Observations from the Mars 2020 Opposition

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  These are some of the drawings that I made during the Mars 2020 opposition. I would go out to my back porch with my 6 inch Dobsonian Newto...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Mars is BACK! 2020 Opposition! Don't Miss it!

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2004  Sometimes waking up a bit earlier when the sunrise is coming later leads you to some interesting things.   It was quite humid ...
Friday, August 7, 2020

Mars: Book Review, Martian Propagation, Martian Moons as VHF Repeater Sites

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In SolderSmoke #224 I mentioned the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson.   I found a book review in The New Yorker (see below).   In Re...
Saturday, August 1, 2020

SolderSmoke Podcast #224: Mars. Spurs. Bikes. SDR. NanoVNA. Antuino. MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #224 is available: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke224.mp3 1 August 2020 --The launch of Perseveranc...
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Sunday, December 9, 2018

First Audio From Mars

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How long will it be before NASA starts getting critical comments on the audio quality, along with very confident statements about how to c...
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