Monday, October 31, 2011

Pumpkin Pi and JBOT Gremlins

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Maria wanted to go with a mathematical theme for this year's Jack-0-Lantern. Pumpkin Pi! I have been chasing some gremlins and banshees...
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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Snow Static

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Related to our post about my new (old!) all-boatanchors heating system (see below), yesterday I had some really horrendous static. I think ...
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My New Shack Heating System: Heath, Halli, Hammarlund and Drake

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Temperatures dropped over the weekend and I had to fire up my new heating system for the SolderSmoke shack. See above. Heating by Heath, H...
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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Another Treasure Trove: The Royal Society's Archive

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I'm a big fan (wanna-be really) of The Royal Society. In SolderSmoke 138 I noted that Isaac Newton (former Society president) seems to h...
Friday, October 28, 2011

Homebrew Jet Engine from Junkbox Parts!

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Bob, W8SX (our man in Dayton) sent me this nice video. I really liked the friendly and enthusiastic way in which the builder described his ...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Azorean Oscillator Re-build

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With my JBOT amp ready for installation, it was time to go back and check out the rest of the circuitry on my old Azorean DSB/Direct Convers...
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Steve Jobs (age 12) calls Bill Hewlett (of HP)

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"When he was in eighth grade, Steve Jobs decided to build a frequency counter for a school project and needed par...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Halloween Sale on SolderSmoke -- The Book

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Our book: "SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics" http://soldersmoke.com/book.htm Our coffee mugs, T-Shirts, bu...
Monday, October 24, 2011

Better Link to 1932 Yardley Beers Article

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(From the November 2004 issue of QST) I hear that picture I posted of the 1932 newspaper article was pretty much illegible. Sorry about tha...
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Sunday, October 23, 2011

More on Yardley Beers

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Just click on the article and use the zoom feature of your browser to visit the teenage shack of Yardley Beers. Our book: "SolderSmoke ...
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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Homebrew Hero: Yardley Beers

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How's that for a beautiful homebrew rig! Prompted by our discussion of distinctive ham radio names, Harv, WA3EIB, sent us a very nice ...
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Friday, October 21, 2011

Steve Jobs and Heathkit

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James, WL7FC/VE3ELI , sent us this clip from a Macleans article. Thanks James. "His dad, though, was not his only early influence. I...