Friday, March 30, 2012

Murphy's Whiskers: SHAVED (with Belden 1671A!)

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Brad, AA1IP, has come to the rescue and is offering Belden 1671A at prices SIGNIFICANTLY below cocaine levels. Thanks Brad! Hello-- In resp...
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A Workshop That's Really "Out There"

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Wow. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/garden/in-a-remote-part-of-utah-life-alone-in-a-hangar.html?_r=1 Our book: "SolderSmoke -- Globa...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

Saturn and Titan

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One of the rewards of being an amateur astronomer is that from time to time you get to discover on your own astronomical facts that were act...
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Saturday, March 24, 2012

The Giant Magellan Telescope

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Wow, seven 28 foot mirrors! They just started blasting away the top of a mountain in Chile to make room for this magnificent 'scope. M...
Friday, March 23, 2012

NJORP's "Chat with the Designers" Podcast

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N2APB and N2CX of the New Jersey QRP Club have been hosting weekly, live, on-line technical discussions called "Chats with the Designer...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

A Rare Tour of the HP Garage

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Kim, VK5FJ, sent this to us. Amazing pictures. Inspiring! Look at that work bench. Note the ARRL antenna book. http://dvice.com/archives...
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Monday, March 19, 2012

SolderSmoke Podcast #142

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March 19, 2012 http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke142.mp3 SWR meter as a poor man's spectrum analyzer QRP Quarterly: Pete Juliano's ...
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

The Allen Telescope Array

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I'm really getting into the SETI Live project. Whenever I get a chance I go to the SETI Live page , log on, and classify a few signals...
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Friday, March 16, 2012

UK Balloon Launch and a North Sea Splashdown

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I like balloon projects. Our book: "SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics" http://soldersmoke.com/book.htm Our...

SETI Live!

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Wow, this is really very interesting. The Allen Telescope Array (seen above) is back in operation and they are looking for on-line volunte...
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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Planets Galore!

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Good times for astronomy in Northern Virginia. The temperature is freakishly high, and daylight savings time has pushed the darkness into m...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Happy Pi - Einstein Day!

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The card is for a special event sponsored by the Lake Effect Amateur Radio Club: http://www.lakeeffectarc.info/Event-PiEinsteinDay/PiDay.htm...