Showing posts with label SDR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SDR. Show all posts
Friday, May 23, 2025

G0UPL at Dayton: SSB for the QMX, and Thoughts on Homebrewing

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  Click on the diagram for a better view. Listen to the interview here:  http://soldersmoke.com/G0UPL at Dayton 2025.mp3 I think this is wha...
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Monday, April 21, 2025

SolderSmoke Podcast #259 FCC ban of DC Receivers. Pete and Stickers, Mouse Knob, MHST. DC RX Update. Dean and SDR RX, Mythbuster Transceiver, Frequency Counter. Bill's Shack -- Suburban Renewal, Boatanchor Removal, DJI Drone . MAILBAG

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Dean KK4DAS's 20 Meter Transceiver Video Version:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RslKbpBuYDI Audio Version: http://soldersmoke.com/sol...
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Monday, January 13, 2025

SolderSmoke Podcast #256: HNY SKN, LA Fires, Barkhausen! Southern Cross, Homebrew vs. Kits, AN762 Kit, Woe, Beacon, ARRL Kids, SDR Build, DC RX videos, Pete Hacked! Power alternatives, KWM4, Mailbag

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A Tale of Woe!  SolderSmoke Podcast #256 is available:  Audio:  https://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke256.mp3 Video:   https://www.youtube.com/...
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Friday, December 13, 2024

SolderSmoke Podcast #255 -- Accept the HB Challenge!, DeMaw SSB, Brilliant TR-3, Tube Talk, Ground Truth, Tales of Woe, SDR RX, Pico Balloons, MAILBAG

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Mythbuster II -- 20 meters only SolderSmoke Podcast #255 is avalable:  Audio:       http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke255.mp3 Video:        ...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Sherwood: "It's Time to Clean Up our Transmitters"

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  http://nc0b.com/qst-article/NC0B-QST-Nov-2019.pdf As an analog, HDR, discrete component, radical homebrew fundamentalist, obviously I have...
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Ham Radio Workbench: Stuffing Digital Stuff Into Poor Old Boatanchors

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Let me start by saying that I LIKE Ham Radio Workbench.  But I found a lot in the current edition that I disagreed with.  The whole panel se...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Homebrew-to-Homebrew Contact on 17 meters with DL2RMM (Video)

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  Here is short clip of a very cool HB2HB contact on 17 meters.  Thanks Jens!  Check out his QRZ page here:  https://www.qrz.com/db/DL2RMM
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Monday, April 8, 2024

Woebot -- An AI-Based Therapy Bot for Us?

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  This was on 60 Minutes last night.  Of course it made me think of our many "Tales of Woe."  Perhaps this could be of use to us. ...
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Monday, April 1, 2024

SolderSmoke Podcast #251 Aurora! CBLA, Winterfest, Legal Action Against SolderSmoke, HB sBITX, SDR, Raspberry Pi, Rounded Passbands, MAILBAG

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Aurora Picture by Dean KK4DAS S olderSmoke Podcast #251   4-1-2024 Audio: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke251.mp3 Videos:  Podcast 251 Aur...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

KD0FNR's Amazing San Francisco TouCans Rig -- A Rockmite and a Tuna Topper in a Pineapple Can Mounted on the Dipole in a Shopping Bag

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Click on the image for a better look This post has a definite San Francisco vibe.  Hamilton KD0FNR appeared on the SolderSmoke blog way back...
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Friday, March 22, 2024

W1QG's Cave Dust Twins (and other Homebrew Rigs -- SDR and HDR)

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I kind of arrived at Dick Benson's QRZ.com page by accident, but what a happy accident it was.  There is a lot of homebrew goodness on D...
Monday, February 12, 2024

Dean's Amazing Homebrew sBITX

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  I was kind of making fun of  it during SolderSmoke podcast #250 , but later that same morning I had a chance to watch the KK4DAS homebrew ...
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Sunday, December 17, 2023

Make Your Own SDR Software! And, "Analog Man" by Joe Walsh of the Eagles (WB6ACU)

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The above video appeared on Hack-A-Day this morning.  ON THE SAME MORNING, Bruce KK0S happened to send me this version of Joe Walsh WB6ACU...
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Friday, September 15, 2023

HB2HB -- A Contact with Denny VU2DGR (video)

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At first I didn't realize it was Denny .  On September 11, 2023 at about 2330Z I had walked back into the shack after dinner.  I think D...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

The Wizard of Kerala (India) -- Denny VU2DGR -- SDR and HDR

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  His signal was just booming in on 20 meter SSB yesterday evening.  It was one of the strongest signals I've heard from India.  I wasn...
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Saturday, May 27, 2023

Hans Summers G0UPL and his new QMX: The Bob Crane W8SX FDIM Interviews Part 1 (audio)

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http://qrp-labs.com/qmx.html We are very pleased and grateful to present this year's series of Four Days in May interviews by our FDIM c...
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Farhan's sBITX -- Taking Orders! (Video)

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It is really looking great.  Congratulations to Farhan for bringing yet another amazing rig to the amateur radio community.    Order yours h...
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Thursday, November 17, 2022

SDR Direct Sampling: The End of Homebrewing (as we know it)

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I sometimes hear hams claim that our efforts to build simple direct conversion receivers are "very relevant" to modern technology ...
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Friday, October 28, 2022

SolderSmoke Podcast #241 Mars, Direct Conversion, PTOs and Glue Sticks, Anniversary of the BITX20, Multus Proficio SDR, Boatanchor Station, MAILBAG

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The board I use to test DC RX circuits   SolderSmoke Podcast #241 is available Audio (podcast):    http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke241.m...
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Saturday, August 27, 2022

SDR on a Breadboard -- But Isn't This an Old-Fashioned Fantasy?

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Nice video, but I'm afraid it is a bit of an old-fashioned fantasy.  It would be nice to think that our beloved analog mixers and direct...
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