Showing posts with label Mate for the Mighty Midget. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mate for the Mighty Midget. Show all posts
Friday, June 17, 2022

SolderSmoke Podcast #238 -- SolderSmoke Shack South, Cycle 25, Chiquita Banana Radio, RCA, HQ-100, Mate Mighty Midget, Sony SWL RX , Mailbag

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SolderSmoke Podcast #238 is available:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke238.mp3 TRAVELOGUE:   Cathartic decluttering:  Bill preparing for ...
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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...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022

VK2BLQ's Two-Tube Regen with a SolderSmoke Dial

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  Thanks to Peter Marks VK3TPM ("a bloke with too many hobbies") for alerting us to this magnificent homebrew receiver with the es...
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Monday, February 14, 2022

6EA8s in the Mate for the Mighty Midget, and WA9WFA Re-Builds a Heath HW-12

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I reported to Scott and Grayson that I had finally gotten around to changing the three aging 6U8 tubes in my Mate for the Mighty Midget rece...
Saturday, December 4, 2021

A Great Morning on the Old Military Radio Net: AB9MQ's Central Electronics 20A, W3EMD's Dynamotor, WU2D

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Just a portion of Masa's shack I usually try to listen in on the Old Military Radio Net on Saturday mornings (3885 kc).  Lately I listen...
Sunday, November 21, 2021

KG7TR's Magnificent 75S-2B Receiver -- Tubes, an Si5351, an Arduino, a Bit of Collins, and a Bit of a Drake 2-B

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  Oh man, I share this with much trepidation because the last time I posted something about the work of Mike KG7TR ,  Pete N6QW said he fel...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

SolderSmoke Podcast #234: PSSST, KWM-1, VHF Woes, Mighty Midget, TinySA, 17-12 Dual-Bander Advice Needed. MAILBAG

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http://www.gadgeteer.us/17SSB.HTM SolderSmoke Podcast #234 is available:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke234.mp3 Roots of SolderSmoke: Th...
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Friday, November 12, 2021

Mate for the Mighty Midget with 6 kHz Ceramic Filter

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I built this receiver back in 1998, but I continue to have fun tinkering with it. I wrote an article about it for "Electric Radio"...
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Monday, October 25, 2021

Putting a Ceramic Filter in the "Mate for the Mighty Midget" Receiver

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It is really simple.  I had one of the +/- 3kHz (6 kHz wide) 455HT filters on hand.  The spec sheets call for 2000 ohms at both ends, but lo...
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Sunday, October 24, 2021

WA9WFA's Mate for the Mighty Midget 1966 QST Receiver

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Scott WA9WFA and I have been exchanging e-mails about his Mate for the Mighty Midget receiver project.  This morning I finally took a look a...
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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Saturday, October 9, 2021

Recent Homebrew Projects from Jan PA3GSV (of "Mate for the Mighty Midget" Fame)

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  Recent talk of the Mate for the Mighty Midget receiver and Pete's PIMP SSB transmitter brought me back in contact with the work of Jan...
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Thursday, October 7, 2021

Another M^3: The Michigan Micro Mote

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Move over Michigan Mighty Mite and Mate for the Mighty Midget.   There's a new M^3 in town.  And it is SMALL.  Hack-A-Day had an article...
Monday, October 4, 2021

Scott WA9WFA's Mate for the Mighty Midget Receiver is WORKING! (Video)

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Wow, Scott got his Mate for the Mighty Midget receiver to work and he is obviously overjoyed with the result.  All of us who have struggled ...
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Sunday, January 13, 2019

SolderSmoke Podcast #209 SKN, Old Rigs, Movie Review, Safety Tips, Mail Bag

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SolderSmoke Podcast #209 is Available:  13 January 2019 http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke209.mp3 An HT-37 "With Presence!&q...
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Saturday, October 29, 2016

DONE! Jan's AMAZING Mate for the Mighty Midget Receiver

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Hi Bill,     Finally the Mate for the Mighty Midget is finished, just in time for the G-QRP Valve Day 12-13 th of November. Got ...
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Monday, August 29, 2016

Update on the PA3GSV M4MMRX -- And a Mystery

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Note the establishment of a new acronym (M4MMRX) for Lew McCoy's Mate for the Mighty Midget receiver.  We  have needed this acronym fo...
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Sunday, August 21, 2016

First Signals from the PA3GSV Mighty Midget Mate

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Obviously the Radio Gods (Spirits in the Sky) approve of Jan's work.  How could they not?  I can now see why he took the trouble to...
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Sunday, July 10, 2016

Update: PA3GSV's Amazing Mighty Midget Receiver (video)

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Jan sent me an amazing update on his Mate for the Mighty Midget Mk 2 receiver project.  I'm really blown away by the skill that he bri...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Jan PA3GSV's Amazing Mate for the Mighty Midget

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We have featured the amazing homebrew work of PA3GSV before: http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2016/04/my-mate-for-mighty-midget-thermatr...
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