Showing posts with label Quarantine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quarantine. Show all posts
Friday, May 28, 2021

Farhan's sBITX -- Combining SDR with the Traditional Superhet

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Here is Farhan's amazing presentation to the virtual 2021 FDIM event.  There is a lot of tribal knowledge in this video.  Lots of old an...
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Monday, May 17, 2021

Bill N2CQR Talks to Dean KK4DAS about the Simple SSB Group Build

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Dean KK4DAS visited the N2CQR SolderSmoke shack.  We talked about a lot things including chess, Mars, and AI.  Dean is an amazing guy -- he ...
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Friday, March 5, 2021

Over the Waterfall into the Dark Side: Hodgepodge SDR

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This one's for Pete. My effort to add features and modes to my Hodgepodge transceiver took a dramatic turn when I connected the rig to...
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Sunday, February 28, 2021

Putting the Quarantine Hodgepodge Rig on CW (Video)

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Putting this rig on CW posed a real Hodgepodge challenge: What did I have laying around that would let me do this? Then I remembered: Year...
Saturday, February 27, 2021

Update from the Wizard of Wimbledon -- "Always listen to Pete"

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In a recent podcast, Pete mentioned that Leo Sampson (the young Brit who is rebuilding the sailing  yacht "Tally Ho" ) should seal...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Quarantine Hodgepodge Rig -- Part 1 (Video)

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More videos to follow.  I have added features, and a transmission mode.  Stay tuned.  
Friday, February 19, 2021

A Problem with the San Jian PLJ6-LED Counter

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I had hoped to use this handy and cheap little frequency counter to add some glowing Juliano Blue to the frequency readout on my Quarantine ...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

My Current Rig: The Quarantine Hodgepodge

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  As I continue to S tay I n T he S hack,  last week I was looking for something to do. This is what I came up with.    Left to right:  -- S...
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Monday, November 2, 2020

Our Editorial on the U.S. Election

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In our last podcast we took a few minutes to share with our listeners our views on the U.S. election and who we think they should vote for. ...
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Friday, October 9, 2020

The Bitsy -- Homebrew Double Sideband from Scotland

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  This is such a beautiful project:  it involves DSB, homebrew, troubleshooting, George Dobbs, SSDRA, J310s, a box kite,  and ham radio nost...
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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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

A 75 Meter AM Quarantine Converter for the Q-31 Receiver (video)

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A while back Fred KC5RT sent me a nice collection of parts, including some 6 MHz crystals.  I had been thinking of making a converter to p...
Monday, July 27, 2020

Paul Taylor's Quarantine "Summit Prowler 7" and some Radio Archaeology

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Paul Taylor VK3HN has really outdone himself in this video (above) and blog post . He describes coming across a somewhat mysterious homebr...
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Saturday, July 25, 2020

ANOTHER 12AU7 REGEN! W3BBO's Quarantine Receiver

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Hi Bill, I was really impressed with Chuck KE5HPY’s 12AU7 Quarantine Regen!  A very nice build and my hat is off to him!  It caught...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

KE5HPY's 12AU7 Quarantine Regen -- FB!

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B ill and Pete: Thanks for upping the frequency of your podcasts.  Each one is a welcome note to break-up the COVID monotony. F...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

A Quarantine Mighty Mite

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'Tis a thing of beauty.  Bill/Pete:     I just decided here over the COVID period to head back to basics here and build a Mic...
Saturday, July 11, 2020

Q-31 Receiver Filter Fix with the NanoVNA

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The picture above shows my problem. As predicted by the Murata data sheet and as warned by R.A. Penfold, that nice 455 kc ceramic filt...
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Sunday, July 5, 2020

The Ceramic Spurs (not a rock group)

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Paul Taylor VK3HN's magnificent AM receiver was the inspiration for my Quarantine-31 Shortwave Broadcast receiver.  Like Paul I de...
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Saturday, June 13, 2020

Jerry's Sproutie: A Short Wave Receiver (and a Limerick) by Jerry KI4IO

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Jerry KI4IO is a really talented homebrewer;  I've called him the Wizard of Warrenton:   https://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2015/07...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020

Replacing Electrolytic Caps in my Drake 2-B (Video)

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Every dark cloud has a silver lining. Here is a very small silver lining for this terrible COVID-19 situation:  I had time to do a proper ...