Showing posts with label homebrew hero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homebrew hero. Show all posts
Thursday, May 2, 2024

Chuck Adams' Modification of the MXM Simple Transceiver -- An Early QSO with the MXM Thirty Years Ago

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Click for a better view Esteemed Homebrew Hero Chuck Adams AA7FO saw me struggling with the T/R switch on my hamfest-found MXM SupeRX/TX tra...
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Sunday, May 28, 2023

Jerry KI4IO (Wizard of Warrenton) Describes His ALL ANALOG Phasing Transceiver -- Bob Crane FDIM interview #3 (audio)

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Wow, this one really resonated with me.  Jerry had me won over when, early in the interview, he described his decision to dispense with the ...
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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, May 24, 2023

Farhan Speaks to Students about Satellites and Direct Conversion Homebrew Receivers (audio)

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In our talks at the local high school we have frequently mentioned Ashhar Farhan, his Cubesat experience, and his use of a direct conversion...
Saturday, March 18, 2023

Needed: More Info on the Cuban Islander or Jaguey DSB Transceivers

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CO6CBF: " I began operating on the HF bands using homebrewed radios. Mainly on CW running just 10 Watts. My very first phone transmitte...
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Monday, December 26, 2022

A Blast from the Past: TR on Homebrewing (sort of)

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  "It is not the critic who counts; not the ham who points out how the homebrewer stumbles, or where the builder of rigs could have bui...
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Saturday, May 14, 2022

Mr. Carlson's Grand Receiver Restoration Project -- Your Input Sought (video)

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Mr. Carlson (VE7ZWZ) is launching a series of videos on the restoration of some old boatanchor receivers.  I have been working on an old HQ-...
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Saturday, May 7, 2022

SolderSmoke Podcast #237 is available: TV Show! No! W9YEI's 1939 TV. 1712 Rig. HQ-100. New SDR Rig and Book. JF3HZB's VFO Digital Dial. FIELD DAY! PSSST. MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke podcast #237 is available:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke237.mp3 Travelogue -- New York City!  Stickers! And about that tri...
Thursday, September 23, 2021

Great News for Homebrewers: JF1OZL's Amazing Web Site is Back!

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I was very happy to read this morning (on the G-QRP e-mail list) that the amazingly useful web site of Homebrew Hero Kazuhiro Sunamora has b...
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Sunday, August 15, 2021

Sam KD2ENL's Homebrew Integrated Circuit Chips

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Sam Zeloof KD2ENL does some really inspirational work on the homebrewing of IC chips.  We first posted about this back in 2018, when Sam was...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Emilio's Mirror of JF1OZL's Site

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JF1OZL's site was for many years a real treasure trove and source of inspiration for homebrewers around the world.  It recently disa...
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Thursday, February 27, 2020

From a Student of C.F. Rockey, W9SCH

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C.F. Rockey W9SCH We have discussed the monumental work of C.F. Rockey, W9SCH, SK  before .  Yesterday a comment appeared under that po...
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Monday, January 21, 2019

A Homebrew HRO Dial by DL6WD, Homebrew Hero

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Take a look at that beautiful rig in the bottom of the cover pictures. (A closer shot appears below.)  That is an HRO dial, right?  Or is...
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Monday, July 30, 2018

Wow. Mr. Carlson's New Old-Time Radio and Test Gear Lab. VE7ZWZ -- Homebrew Hero

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It has been a while since we last visited Mr. Carlson's lab.  As always, we found it amazing.  The awesomeness just keeps increasing...
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Friday, July 20, 2018

A Rig with Maximum Soul: The 5 Band Transceiver of Glenn KU4NO

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That's the front panel.  Glenn's kids and grand kids liked sitting on his lap while he played radio and putting stickers on it ...
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Friday, June 1, 2018

INTERVIEW: Bob Crane Talks to Jack Purdum W8TEE at FDIM. Definition of "Homebrew."

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Jack Purdum has been making enormous contributions to the radio art.  His background with digital technology has opened many doors fo...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Youngest Homebrew Hero: 17 year-old Sam Zeelof Makes His Own Integrated Circuits

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Seventeen year-old Sam Zeelof, KD2ENL, is making his own integrated circuits in his garage.  Wow.  This makes me think about another se...
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