Friday, October 28, 2016

Another Great DSB rig from New Zealand

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So many great Double Sideband projects come from Down Under.  There are the various versions of the famed ZL2BMI rig.   And Peter Parke...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

I.G.Y., The Nightfly, Donald Fagen, Jean Shepherd and SolderSmoke

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OK, so from time-to-time we  talk about IGY, the International Geophysical Year. I was born during that scientifically momentous period. ...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Farhan on What's New in the BITX 40 Module

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Writing to the BITX e-mail group, Farhan provides some very interesting information on the philosophy behind his new BITX 40 module, ...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016

VK3HN: SOTA, HB, SSB, and QRP FB!

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Peter VK3YE sent me the link to this amazing site.  Wow, Paul VK3HN does great work, both with the homebrew rigs and in describing his wor...
Monday, October 24, 2016

Video of BITX 40 Module in receive mode

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Saturday, October 22, 2016

A Package from Hyderabad: Farhan's BITX 40 Module Arrives in Virginia

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I am having a really EXCELLENT radio morning here at SolderSmoke East coast HQ.  I made some progress on the Armand HRO receiver -- j...
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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Cool Jazz from New Zealand as Heard on a Homebrew Superhet Receiver (VIDEO)

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I'm making slow but steady progress on this one.  The origin of the project was the beautiful National HRO dial and gearbox that Arman...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

The Last Hallicrafters Transceiver...REBORN! TWICE!

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Pete Juliano and his colleague Giovanni Manzoni led me this morning to the happy land of Hallicrafters hybrid nostalgia. It all started ...
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Monday, October 17, 2016

Oz Tektronix 'Scope Repair (in Juliano Blue)

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Rob is a braver ham than I.  When my Tek 465 quit, I tried to fix it, but quickly chickened out. Very nice that he painted his in Julian...
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Sunday, October 16, 2016

Colin M1BUU's New Receiver Project

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Hi Pete, Just checking in :-) I have actually been melting solder recently. I decided to build a little CW receiver. I love my rege...
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Friday, October 14, 2016

Beautifully Ugly! A Homebrew Receiver from the Netherlands (video)

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This one is similar to the receiver I've been working on:  middle of the HF band, discrete components, all analog, 455 kc IF, wooden c...
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Thursday, October 13, 2016

Smoke-Free! On the Air with the W1REX Dayton Hamfest Buddy

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After the Dayton Hamvention, our ace correspondent Bob Crane (W8SX) sent me the "Hamfest Buddy" kit that Rex Harper W1REX had...