Wednesday, October 29, 2014

"Science Friday" Interviews Author of "The Innovators" (listen)

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Michael Rainey alerted me to Ira Flatow's Science Friday interview with author Walter Isaacson.  I'm reading Isaacson's new bo...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Mailbag: Coils Wound Backwards, Last QSO 1981, Visions of Transistors Keeping Him Awake. Paul has THE KNACK

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http://www.pan-tex.net/usr/r/receivers/ra01000a.htm Hi Bill I'm just getting back into ham radio after 33 years (last QSO: 1...
Monday, October 27, 2014

Dear Santa: I want a Knack Watch. The one with real tubes...

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This is what all the cool homebrewers will be wearing next year.   Just be careful at airport security -- they might not understand!  ...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Spark Forever! Pete's First Transmitter

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The SolderSmoke legal team (we too use Dewey, Cheetham & Howe!) has advised us to be very careful about divulging the details on this...
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Friday, October 24, 2014

Smart-Phone Cosmic Ray Detector

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http://hackaday.com/2014/10/17/detect-cosmic-rays-with-your-smartphone-using-crayfis/ I find this cosmic ray project very appealing. Al...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

"Two guys and a Minima walk into a bar..."

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Thomas, KK6AHT, was in Washington this week.  He and I got together for a beer and a look at his Minima.  I'd seen pictures ...
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Arduino Hell!

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Hi Bill,   I am a long time listener of SolderSmoke and a big fan! Since your last podcast was on the use of Arduino’s for ham radio...
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Monday, October 20, 2014

Has AA1TJ Joined the FMLA?

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I have learned that esteemed homebrewer Michael Rainey, AA1TJ, recently whipped up a 56 MHz, quarter-wave, helical coaxial resonator (B...
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Sunday, October 19, 2014

Tribal Knowledge Video: Putting Screw Threads in Aluminium

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http://youtu.be/LuqliWT1k5A Thank you Giovanni Manzoni, whoever you are!  Our book: "SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures in Wireless...
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Friday, October 17, 2014

Author Walter Isaacson was a Radio Amateur

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This is the guy who wrote the biographies of Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Ben Franklin that I've been talking about on the podcast. Pres...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

A Different Kind of Workshop

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Sometimes it is good to take a break from the electronics and look at how people are making other things.  I've been working on the he...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

SW Echo Theory Confirmed By a BBC Engineer

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BBC Relay Station Singapore Hi Bill, I heard your description of the echo on your podcast and before listening I ...
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