Showing posts with label Michigan Mighty Mite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michigan Mighty Mite. Show all posts
Friday, November 22, 2024

Sam WN5C uses ChatGPT as an Emergency Elmer

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Sam WN5C has been on the blog before.  Last year we covered his heroic use of a Michigan Mighty Mite at Thunderbird State Park:   https://so...
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Thursday, September 5, 2024

Excellent New Video from Grayson KJ7UM on his Thermatron version of the Michigan Mighty Mite

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Here is a really wonderful video from Grayson Evans, KJ7UM, author of Hollow-State Design for the Radio Amateur.   I really loved this video...
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Monday, March 25, 2024

CBLA: A CALL TO ARMS!

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Dave AA7EE alerted us to this attack.  Please follow-up by posting reception reports (and triangulations!) in the comments below.  Dave writ...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Ciprian YO6DXE Puts the Michigan Mighty Mite on AM! (video)

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Excellent work Ciprian!   Here we have a Michigan Mighty Mite being modified for AM in Romania, with input from Hungary, and inspiration fro...
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Monday, August 28, 2023

But How Does the Michigan Mighty Mite REALLY Work?

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Dean KK4DAS and I were talking to Mark, a new homebrewer.  After we sang the praises of the Michigan Mighty Mite,  Mark asked us a good ques...
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Saturday, June 17, 2023

Sam WN5C Builds a Michigan Mighty Mite and Takes it to Lake Thunderbird

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  Sam WN5C built a Michigan Mighty Mite and then went the extra mile by putting it on the air from a field location.  And what a great name ...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Retro QRP Rigs of the 1960's, 70's, and 80's -- Video by Mike WU2D

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It is time to put aside (again!) all of the heated ideological arguments about the power level that defines "low power."  Just sit...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

W2UO's Michigan Mighty Mite -- Made a Contact!

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Hi Bill, I found SolderSmoke about six months ago, and it's quickly become one of my favorite podcasts. I've been a ham since I was ...
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Monday, August 22, 2022

Mike Caughran KL7R's Last Podcast

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  Mike KL7R (SK) during a visit to the AL7FS shack. This was Mike Caughran KL7R's last podcast. He died in a car accident shortly after...
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Monday, July 4, 2022

Ciprian Got His Ticket: YO6DXE (and Romanian Mighty Mite FIXED!)

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Ciprian writes:  Thank you so much to you all... and thank you SolderSmoke for always writing about my learning in homebrew gear. I did fina...
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Monday, May 16, 2022

Some Links for the Michigan Mighty Mite and the Color Burst Liberation Army from Dave K8WPE

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Dave K8WPE has been one of the podcast's best friends and one of its most loyal listeners.  Dave was recently going through some back is...
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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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Friday, February 11, 2022

Bill Talking about Homebrew Radio with L’Anse Creuse Amateur Radio Club (Michigan) -- February 2, 2022 (Video)

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This was a very nice meeting.  We just talked homebrewing and why it is such an important part of  ham radio.  Video above Topics included: ...
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Sunday, December 5, 2021

Jack NG2E's Winter SOTA Marathon in the Shenandoah

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    Our friend Jack NG2E is a homebrewer .  He is also a Summits-On-The-Air guy. He does much of his SOTA operations along Skyline Drive in ...
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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...
Sunday, July 4, 2021

Romanian Mighty Mite and Ciprian's Knack Story

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Another wonderful video from Ciprian in Romania.  Any suggestions on his Mighty Mite power output problem?  Here is Ciprian's YouTube ch...
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Sunday, May 23, 2021

Michigan Mighty Mite, Joy of Oscillation, and the Color-Burst Liberation Army in Washington State

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  Perhaps its the result of a vaccine-induced relaxation of COVID tensions, but for whatever reason  we are seeing a resurgence of interest ...
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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Ciprian's Romanian Ten Minute Transmitter with Roots in SPRAT, KA4KXX, and the Florida Sunrise Net

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It sounds great Ciprian!  It was really cool to see your video and hear you reference not only  the SolderSmoke blog, but also SPRAT, the Mi...
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Monday, May 3, 2021

A New Michigan Mighty Mite Oscillates in Northern Virginia

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We are pleased  to report that OM Jack, NG2E, has successfully built a Michigan Mighty Mite transmitter, and has experienced JOO (the joy of...
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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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