Thursday, October 31, 2013

Brooklyn Bike Generator -- Want one!

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Our book: "SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics" http://soldersmoke.com/book.htm Our coffee mugs, T-Shirts,...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

The New "Gold Standard" in QRSS Grabbers

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Bill  I just discovered Scott Harden's "QRSS Plus" grabber aggregator... http://swharden.com/qrss/plus/ Check it o...

An Interesting Idea for Checking Crystal Filter Passbands

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Today at 9:37  AM Hi Bill, Just listened to your last soldersmoke blog with reference to xtal filter checking using a DDS an...
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Monday, October 28, 2013

Slide Show of BITX 17 Build

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As I was building this rig, I periodically stopped and took a picture of the board.  I think the resulting slide show is kind of fun.  Check...
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Book Review: "Bunch of Amateurs" by Jack Hitt

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The title held a lot of promise, but the subtitle ("A Search for the American Character") hinted at the main problem that I had wi...
Saturday, October 26, 2013

BITX BUILD UPDATE #17 Arv's Discrete AF AMP

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I've been kind of cheating with the audio output from my BITX17:  I've been using one of those little battery-powered computer sp...
Friday, October 25, 2013

Words of Wisdom (on Amplifier Stability)

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From "A Simple SSB Transceiver"   by Ashhar Farhan: "What if your transmitter is unstable?  Don't curse your fate.  All...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

BITX BUILD UPDATE #16 -- FIRST QSO!!!!!!!!!!!

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  Wow, it is very clear that the radio gods are pleased with my BITX efforts!  I had my first QSO on the new rig today.  And it was with...
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BITX Build Update #15 -- Necessary Mic Amp Mod

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I was having trouble with the mic amp on my new Manhattan Discrete BITX 17.  I had it wired as per the schematic, but it just wasn't wor...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

BITX Build Update #14 -- STABILITY!

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Good news on the BITX.  I think I have solved the low frequency oscillation problem in the power amplifier.  I tried running the PA off a...
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From Bits to Atoms -- Software vs. Hardware

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I thought this was pretty good.  On Hack-A-Day. http://hackaday.com/2013/10/18/guest-rant-from-bits-to-atoms/#more-105097 Our book: ...
Friday, October 18, 2013

Feynman at G-QRP Convention!

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What do Richard Feynman and the G-QRP club have in common? The answer is an annual pilgrimage to Ripponden in Yorkshire, England. The ...