Thursday, December 31, 2015

N8NM's Straight Key Night Rig

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Hi Bill,   Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that I’ve recently discovered your SolderSmoke podcasts and am enjoyi...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

The K7DYY Solid State Class D Legal Limit AM Transmitter

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I was on 160 Meter AM this morning, talking to Chet WB2AHK in New York City.  Chet had a very strong signal here.  He was running...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Alan Wolke W2AEW Interviewed on QSO Today! And it is GREAT!

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A very cool interview indeed.  But how could it be otherwise?  With Eric on one end of the Skype connection and Alan on the other, coo...
Monday, December 28, 2015

First Contact on 160 Meters

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Hooray!  After 42 years on the ham bands I have finally made a contact on 160 meters.  And it was on AM, using John Zaruba's DX-100. ...
Sunday, December 27, 2015

"Receiver Here is My SWR meter OM..."

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Santa managed to include in his delivery some of the materials that I needed to build my 160 meter inverted L antenna.   You see, Steve Silv...
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Thursday, December 24, 2015

Fessenden AM Broadcast, Christmas Eve 1906? Maybe not....

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Garrison Keillor mentioned this in his "Writers Almanac" today. That sent me to Google where I found this:  http://www.radi...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Amazing Space-X Launch. Then watch the rocket COME BACK TO THE PAD

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Monday, December 21, 2015

The Secret Life of Machines -- The Radio (Video)

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Thanks to Rick N3FJZ for sending this to us.  In 25 minutes these fellows manage to capture and explain much of the "magic" of r...
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Sunday, December 20, 2015

SolderSmoke Podcast #183 Pete's B'day, Simple-Ceivers, Binaural Bliss, 160 or Bust, GOOD BEHAVIOR, MAILBAG

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Bill's Frankenstein R2 receives 7 MHz signal and generates I and Q outputs SolderSmoke Podcast #183 is available. And it is GOOD! ...
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Saturday, December 19, 2015

Mama Mia! Mikele's Croation Simple-ceiver Video

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You can just feel the homebrew enthusiasm in this video.  You can almost smell the solder smoke. We love it when people do videos showin...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Modulated Michigan Mighty Mite?

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This suggestion from across the pond is a bit "out there."  In fact, for me it brought to mind the famous line from the Noel C...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

A Homebrew QSL Card for a Homebrew to Homebrew Contact

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I got a card from Rick N3FJZ today.  FB!   Note the lines for "VFO":  Si5351!   And "Finals": Dual IRF-510s!   Rick w...