Showing posts with label cartoons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cartoons. Show all posts
Saturday, October 7, 2023

Charlie Brown LIKES Static (with ITU paper on radio noise)

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Because when he connects the antenna, it lets him know if he has enough amplification to hear the band noise.  He realizes that his radio re...
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Thursday, June 22, 2023

Another Podcast -- "Lamp Talk"

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  This is a blast (!) from the past.   A SolderSmoke listener sent this to us in 2006.    So hey,  be careful with the high voltage!  
Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Tim Hunkin's "The Radio Set" Drawing, and The Secret Life of the Radio (Remastered)

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  Click on the image for a better view. Click here for the whole drawing:  https://www.secretlifeofmachines.com/secret_life_of_the_radio_set...
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Monday, April 18, 2022

Ruby Payne-Scott and Early Australian Radio Astronomy

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Click on the cartoon for a better view Read the full article here:  https://womenyoushouldknow.net/ruby-payne-scott-first-woman-radio-astron...
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Saturday, February 19, 2022

Pete's Eclectic Approach to the Pea Shooter, San Jian counters on Analog VFOs, Non-Restaurant Menus

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I liked Pete's comments on the various (analog, digital, mixed) approaches to homebrew:  http://n6qw.blogspot.com/2022/02/2022-return-to...
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Thursday, September 2, 2021

A Public Service Announcement

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  Only YOU can prevent reverse polarity accidents!  Thank you Jeff Murray.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

A REALLY Cheap Receiving Rig

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Wow, lots of ingenuity in this 1921 receiver. -- Has anyone actually made a diode out of a light bulb in the way described?  -- The antenna ...
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Sunday, March 14, 2021

A Homebrewer

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  That is Homer Price, the lead character in two books by Robert McCloskey, published in 1943 and 1951.   The thing in the valise is Homer...
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Thursday, January 21, 2021

Another Poem about Radio: Radar Man

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  http://www.alphalpha.org/radar/poem/story.html Thanks to Allan WA9IRS for sharing this with us. 
Monday, October 12, 2020

Quino, The Creator of Mafalda ("BASTA!") RIP

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Putting "Basta" in the SolderSmoke search box yields many blog posts.  The cry of ENOUGH! from six year-old Mafalda has been part ...
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Monday, May 25, 2020

Radio Art from QST December 1951

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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Ham Radio -- Practicing Social Distancing for over 100 Years!

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I really liked this picture. 
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

For those rare occasions when things go well....

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019

For All You Guys Who DON'T Use the Proper Fuse Value

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Pete has been trying to talk sense on this issue for a long time, but some folks just won't listen.  You need to have a reverse p...
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Friday, November 1, 2019

Don't do this yourself...

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...or else you'll be spending a LOT more time on 17 meters. 
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Friday, June 21, 2019

Wall Warts

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Thank you to Michael Rainey AA1TJ who posted this cartoon, which I'm sure speaks to us all. 
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Sunday, June 26, 2016

NASA'S New Mars Recruiting Posters

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More like this one here: http://marsmobile.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/resources/mars-posters-explorers-wanted/ Bill, Doesn't this fa...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Some Sympathy from the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Hi Bill, Pete "The Crossword Guy" K4PHS here again. In the New York Times Crossword for Tuesday June 21, 2016 the clue for 52...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Audiophoolery

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Hi Bill:      I remember reading an outraged letter in a stereo magazine back in the 80's, right after CD's came out.  The w...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

A Knack Victim's Midlife Crisis

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Thanks to Steve WA0PWK for sending us this Jim Williams cartoon.   Been there, done that. It doesn't mean you are a bad person....
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