Showing posts with label satellites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label satellites. Show all posts
Thursday, November 30, 2023

AA9IL's Sputnik Tube, Altoids Tin Transmitter

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November 24, 2023 Hello Bill I have just built an tested a 20 meter “Sputnik” transmitter. It uses two Soviet era “rod” tubes and is fixed t...
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Saturday, August 19, 2023

More Ancient Technology Keeping Space Missions Alive

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  https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230815-the-ancient-tech-keeping-space-missions-alive Three cheers for software.  Really. 
Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Quetzal-1 -- The Guatemalan CubeSat

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  Wow, here's another piece of tech news from a place in which I have some experience.  Yesterday I posted about the Telekino developed ...
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...
Tuesday, October 11, 2022

SolderSmoke FOREVER! Archived in the WayBack Machine

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  There were recently some stories about an effort to put on the Internet Archive recordings and other material from the history of ham radi...
Thursday, September 15, 2022

SolderSmoke (Old Smoke) Podcast #103 -- March 15, 2009 -- From Rome -- QRSS, Knights and Wizards, LTSpice, and an Echolink QSO with Jeff KO7M (the guy with the Piper Cub)

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  15 March 2009  Beware the Ides of March! Ostia Beach and Ostia Antica 248 Knights of QRSS. And Wizards! ET Phones Home (with QRSS?) Pos...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

IGY! Science and the Vanguard Satellite in 1959 (video)

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The International Geophysical Year (1958-1959) was a very scientifically productive period.  It is really amazing how much we learned from t...
Sunday, July 24, 2022

A Surprisingly Good Movie from the Late 1960s: "The Ham's Wide World" (Video)

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I found this movie to be surprisingly good.  Narrated by Arthur Godfrey, it features Barry Goldwater, and a lot of other hams.  There is a h...
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Monday, June 27, 2022

Thoughts on Homebrew, Makers, DIY, and Hams -- from Lex PH2LB

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Sometimes we get a comment that is so good that we elevate it to the main blog page.  That was the case with Lex PH2LB's comment on the ...
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Saturday, April 9, 2022

WD-40, a Hard Drive, a Coat-Hanger Antenna, Dumpster Diving, and Amateur Radio Satellites from the Azores

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  Last month I was talking to Ira VP2EIH on my new 1712 SSB rig.  Ira is interested in satellites.  Talking to him caused me to dig up some ...
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Sunday, February 6, 2022

NASA Video of Moon Orbiting Earth (Looks Fake, but Is Real)

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https://scitechdaily.com/this-is-real-nasa-camera-a-million-miles-away-shows-moon-crossing-face-of-earth/
Sunday, January 2, 2022

SolderSpace! N2CQR from Geostationary Orbit

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  Farhan VU2ESE kindly invited us to talk to his Lamakaan Amateur Radio Club.  They did a simulcast through the QO-100 Geostationary Satelli...
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

The Story of OSCAR 1, The First Ham Satellite

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  https://www.inverse.com/science/60-oscar-1-presaged-the-cubesat-era
Friday, December 10, 2021

The Lamakaan Annual Radio Convention Starts Today!

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  The Lamakaan Amateur Radio Club's annual convention begins today in Hyderabad, India.  This is Farhan's club so it is sure to be a...
Sunday, November 7, 2021

JPL, Mars Helicopter, Cube Sats, Ham Radio and more: N5BF talks to Eric Guth 4Z1UG

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This morning Eric Guth has a really interesting interview on his QSO Today podcast.   Courtney Duncan N5BF had a full career at JPL and is t...
Sunday, October 31, 2021

Buy a Real Sputnik Satellite! Let's Put Sputnik Back in Orbit!

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Only 85,000 Euros (that's the opening bid).  But hey, it comes with the receiver pictured on the right.  I guess that's so you can l...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Homebrew Tiny Space Telescopes from the Netherlands

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It is good every once in a while to step back from our electronic work benches and take a look at what other kinds of builders are making.  ...
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Sunday, April 4, 2021

A Satellite Ground Station (Receiver) Made from Junk

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Very cool.  This guy (who brew up on an island in Alaska) really knows how to use aluminum tape and the junk that fills most workshops. I li...
Monday, February 15, 2021

Jean Shepherd Works Through a Satellite in a School

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Ah,  1975.  Obviously a very different time...  I'm not sure if Shep would fit in  well in the classrooms of today.  There was bit of Ro...
Sunday, October 25, 2020

Kludges in SPAAAAACE!

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