Showing posts with label antennas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antennas. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

SolderSmoke #254 (Audio and Video Versions): Australian Hex Beam Eaters, Fake Wires, Hybrid Rig, Antennas, Mythbuster II Transceiver, Mailbag

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Hex Beam Eater November 13, 2024 SolderSmoke Podcast #254 is available:  Audio Version here:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke254.mp3 Vide...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Two Great (but Old) Videos about Waves

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I've had both of these videos on the SolderSmoke blog already, but an e-mail from Farhan reminded me how good they both are. If you a...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Some Pictures of SolderSmoke Shack South

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That's me at the operating position.   Window looks out to the terrace and to the ocean to the East, the  Mona channel.  The shack is on...
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Monday, July 15, 2024

15/10 SSB Rig On-The-Air from HI7

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I'm going to move the antenna up onto the roof (out of sight).   
Monday, June 17, 2024

1,280 Antennas at 12 GHz -- How Starlink Works

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One commenter questioned why we went with the more expensive Starlink system.  The simple answer is that it is just better, faster, and more...
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Saturday, May 11, 2024

Helge SM/LA6NCA Activates Colorburst Liberation Army in Sweden!

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FB Helge.   This is really cool.  I didn't realize until I saw the schematic at the end that he was on 3579 kHz -- that is the old color...
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

KE5HPY Builds a QRP Transmitter

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  FB Chuck, very cool.  Please send us more reports on this rig.   Chuck has been on the blog many times, with many projects:  https://solde...
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Friday, April 19, 2024

Deep Space Station 43 -- Canberra, Australia

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  https://spectrum.ieee.org/apollo-era-antenna-voyager-2 From the IEEE article:   The dish’s manufacturer took great pains to ensure that it...
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Ferdy HB9DSP's 5 band Moxon -- The Moxhorn!

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  Click on the image for a clearer view Wow, I couldn't even build a 2 band Moxon, but Ferdy has built a 5 band version.  He told me tha...
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...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Voyager, Canopus, JPL, and 74xx Logic Chips from the early 1970s

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"So somewhere out there in interstellar space beyond the boundary of the Solar System is a card frame full of 74 logic that’s been quie...
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Saturday, May 13, 2023

Jam on Radar Antenna of Jupiter-bound Spacecraft FIXED! Antenna deployed!

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Great news. This stuck antenna was getting me down.  Three cheers for the ESA folks who fixed it from afar.   https://phys.org/news/2023-05-...
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Friday, May 5, 2023

SolderSmoke Podcast #246: PeteGPT! DC RX, Si5351, Franklin osc, Cuban DSB, Hex beams, uBITX mods, DX, 10 meters, MAILBAG

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  SolderSmoke Podcast #246 is available:  AUDIO PODCAST:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke246.mp3 YouTube VIDEO:  (247) SolderSmoke Po...
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Thursday, March 30, 2023

An Antenna for the High-School Direct Conversion Receiver (and Next Steps in the Project)

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We have reached the point where we have to decide on an antenna for the high-school  direct conversion receiver.  It needs to be simple and ...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Save the Antenna!

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SolderSmoke fans have an interest in saving this antenna because it is the site of one of the most amazing RF troubleshooting stories of all...
Friday, December 9, 2022

R-390s, KWM-2s, Airplanes, and Magnetic Loops -- A Really Interesting Interview with Ted Robinson K1QAR

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Eric Guth 4Z1UG has a really interesting interview with Ted Robinson K1QAR.   I really enjoyed hearing Ted's inspiring story:  https://w...
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Sunday, September 11, 2022

An Especially Good (Old) SolderSmoke Podcast

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February 22, 2008     -- We were in Rome.   -- I read a 1931 QST ad sent to me by my fellow "Hambassador" David Cowhig, WA1LBP; Da...
Friday, August 19, 2022

VK3IO's Wonderful Antenna Tuning System

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  I have been ridiculed because my manual antenna tuner (that is screwed into the wall of our car port) requires me to step outside into the...
Friday, August 5, 2022

SolderSmoke Podcast #239: Hex DX, VFO Temp Comp, DC RX, Polyakov!, DX-100, Wireless Set, Farhan's "Daylight Again" HDR rig, MAILBAG

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N2CQR Hex Beam Aimed at Europe SolderSmoke #239 is available for download:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke239.mp3 TRAVELOGUE :   James...
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Saturday, July 16, 2022

Hex DX! First Long-Haul Contact with the New Hex Beam - VK4KA on 20 SSB

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This morning at around 1345 UTC I had the chance to try out my new Hex beam on some "down under" DX.  9,548 miles, 15,222 km    Th...
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