Tuesday, May 31, 2016

NP0 Is the Way to Go!

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Much to the consternation of Pete "Digi" Juliano, I have been working on analog LC VFOs for simple superhet receivers.   As desc...
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Monday, May 30, 2016

Movie Review: "The Man Who Knew Infinity" FIVE SOLDERING IRONS

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My wife and I went to see this flick about the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.  It was filmed at Trinity College, Cambridge -- if you l...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Great "QSO Today" Interview with H.P. Friedrichs AC7ZL -- "My nature is to build."

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Eric 4Z1UG has a really wonderful interview with H.P. "Pete" Friedrichs AC7ZL .   Pete is the author of "The Voice o...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

HOMEBREW HERO: REX HARPER W1REX AND THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BUILD-A-THON

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Rex, shortly before questioning by authorities Wow, Rex Harper W1REX deserves some sort of big award.  I hereby grant him the coveted Br...
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Friday, May 27, 2016

Pete's Beautiful New Blue Rig

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A thing of beauty.   Read about it here:   http://n6qw.blogspot.com/
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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Listening to New Zealand on the Barbados RX via the Gray Line (40 meter CW)

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John:  For the last couple of mornings you have been coming in quite strong on 40 meters around dawn here.    Attached is a short video...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Swedish Michigan Mighty Mite Beacon Project

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sTef DL1FDF/VY1QRP alerted us to this multi-band Michigan Mighty Mite beacon project out of Sweden. They certainly have some fine looki...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Audiophoolery

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Hi Bill:      I remember reading an outraged letter in a stereo magazine back in the 80's, right after CD's came out.  The w...
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Saturday, May 21, 2016

SolderSmoke Podcast 187: 2nd Anniversary N6QW. Dayton. Bench Reports. Mailbag

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SolderSmoke Podcast #187 is available: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke187.mp3 Second Anniversary of Pete Juliano's arriva...
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Thursday, May 19, 2016

XQ6FOD -- A GREAT Knack Story from Chile

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Greg VK1VXG sent me this link.  I had a blog entry on this a few years ago, but I didn't do it justice.  This is a truly amazing and ...
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Monday, May 16, 2016

Oz QRP2QRP From Mt. Bullfight, Pyramid Hill, and Melbourne's Chelsea Pier

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Paul VK3HN has obviously made an admirable effort here, and a visit to his very nice blog shows that he has a lot of true homebrew gear...
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Saturday, May 14, 2016

A Lot of Soul in the Barbados Receiver

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After a rather frustrating period working on the Hallicrafters S38-E, I decided to do something different, maybe work on something that...