Friday, November 29, 2013

First Pictures of the Far Side of the Moon (1959!)

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On October 7, 1959, the Soviets sent an "automatic interplanetary station" to the moon.  This, in itself, was an amazing achiev...
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Monday, November 25, 2013

A British Bicycle (and Workshops)

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Experiments in Speed from SpindleProductions on Vimeo . Our book: "SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

BITX Build Update #20 -- Switchable Crystals, South Africa QSO

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I got tired of popping the hood and manually changing my VXO crystals.  First I tried to switch the rocks using a rotary switch on the fr...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Naval Gun Turret as EME Dish Mount (VIDEOS)

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Hack-A-Day ran a story on EME pioneer Zoltan Bay.  In the comments section someone posted this memorable video about a moonbounce statio...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

M0XPD's Digital Analog BITX -- Best of Both Worlds

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Paul, M0XPD, has built a very interesting version of the BITX rig.  His is on 40 meters.  It features plug in bandpass and IF filters (gr...
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Friday, November 15, 2013

Standard Computer Crystals for 17 Meter SSB VXO and IF Filter

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Pete Juliano, N6QW, is an electronic  genius.  The ideas in his SPRAT article will be of great use to all those who share in Doug DeMaw...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Beautiful French Aerial Photography Project. UPstagram! (Video)

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We've put cameras in kites and rockets, but I think this is much cooler. More details (and pictures) here: http://hackerloop.com/up...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

BITX Build Update #19 Layout, VXO, Bal Mod, Filter, PA

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The files of the BITX20 Yahoo group were very useful to me during my BITX build.  So I have decided to make a contribution myself.  I up...
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BITX (and W2AEW) on Hack-A-Day

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The guys over on Hack-A-Day ran a little follow-up article on the BITX-17.  Check it out: http://hackaday.com/2013/11/13/bitx-a-return-t...
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New Book About Heathkit Gear

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Jeff Tranter, VE3ICH, has a new book out -- it is about Heathkit Test Gear.  (Hey, I had that VTVM on the cover!)  This book looks like i...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Save 20% on SolderSmoke and other Lulu books (through Nov 15)

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http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/soldersmoke Our book: "SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics" http://solders...
Saturday, November 9, 2013

That wonderful first contact, when the new HB rig is still on the workbench...

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In this video, YC0AFF in Indonesia seems to be having as much fun with his new BITX as I've been having with mine.  I think there i...
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