Showing posts with label SOTA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SOTA. Show all posts
Thursday, August 13, 2026

Paul Taylor VK3HN Talks about Hombrew and SOTA

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkd1o2PQI9M It was great to see Charlie NJ7V of Red Summit RF interview Paul Taylor, VK3HN.  Paul has bee...
Sunday, January 7, 2024

SOTA Antennas -- FREE Antenna Modelling Software

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  https://sota-antennas.com/ Ed DD5LP writes:  Hi Bill,  Given that the audience of SolderSmoke is more angled towards home brew and self co...
Saturday, October 14, 2023

Paul VK3HN's Video on Scratch-Building and SOTA

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It was great to get a comment from Paul VK3HN -- this led to a re-establishment of contact.  Apparently Google knows who I have been e-maili...
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

A Low-Power (QRP) Contact from Australia to Spain (with video from both sides!)

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A recent comment on the blog put me back in contact with an old friend of SolderSmoke:  Paul VK3HN.  Paul is an amazing homebrewer -- it was...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Dhaka Jack Moves to France

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Jack Welch AI4SV has been an important member of the SolderSmoke community for many years .  I remember fondly our Straight Key Night CW con...
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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...
Saturday, July 2, 2022

A Double Sideband Transmitter from France -- F4IET's "Master Robert"

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The Radio Gods seem to be steering us toward Double Sideband.  A few days ago I got an e-mail from Alain F4IET.   We had him on the SolderSm...
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Friday, June 10, 2022

SolderSmoke FDIM Interview: Adam K6ARK and his 2.6 gram Mini-Pixie SMD Transceiver

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I've not bee a big fan of the super-simple Pixie transceiver, but Adam K6ARK could make me a believer.  Our correspondent Bob Crane W8SX...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

Colin M1BUU's Homebrew Manhattan SST

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  Wow, especially on St. Patrick's day I think it is appropriate to say " 'tis a thing of beauty. " Colin did a great job ...
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Sunday, February 27, 2022

VK3HN's Amazing Summit Prowler 9 Homebrew Transceiver - A Masterpiece of Miniaturization (VIDEO)

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I was wondering what Paul VK3HN was up to. Now we know: the Summit Prowler 9 transceiver.  This is yet another amazing rig by Paul, with GRE...
Saturday, February 5, 2022

Thomas K4SWL -- SOTA Activation on Bearwallow Mountain, North Carolina (video)

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Thomas put out a very nice video of his recent activation of Bearwallow Mountain in western North Carolina.  Really nice.   It was fun to se...
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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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