Saturday, January 28, 2017

SolderSmoke Podcast #193: BITX 40, OLEDs, KWM-4, Noise Abatement

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SolderSmoke 193   28 Jan 2017 http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke193.mp3 Report from Pete on BITX 40 Session with California ra...
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Friday, January 27, 2017

When Bypass Caps are Not Enough: Active Decoupling

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I was having a noise problem with my NE602 Si5351 OLED display receiver.   There was an annoying high pitched whine in the audio output.  ...
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Thursday, January 26, 2017

KD4PBJ's FB BITX 40

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Hi Guys! I have to admit something. It's a learning experience. A year or two ago I bought the Bitx boards from Sunil in India and whi...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Fifteen Back Iissues of "Hambrew Magazine" (from the 1990s) Available Online

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They look very interesting.  I saw an article by Wayne Burdick.   Doug DeMaw was involved.  Thanks to Tim at Arrow Antennas for making ...
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Sunday, January 22, 2017

HB2HB: N6ORS, W0PWE (and me!)

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This is so cool.  Jerry W0PWE has built a magnificent BITX.   With a digital VFO and Termination Insensitive Amplifiers, I think it quali...
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Thursday, January 19, 2017

AB1YK's FB "Al Fresco" Scratch-Built BITX 20

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Mike AB1YK built this very nice BITX20.  On a board, al fresco.  Very nice.  He provides a good write up here: http://n1fd.org/2017/01/1...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

N8NM's SAVED VFO 30 Meter Rig

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In early December Steve Murphy N8NM picked up this "mystery box" at a hamfest.   Dr. Juliano identified it as an old CB VFO.  ...
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Monday, January 16, 2017

Of Waterfalls, SDRs, and Homebrew Analog Rigs: Words of Wisdom from W8JI

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W8JI It happened again today. Conditions were good and I was BOOMING into the NYC area on 40 meters.  40 over.  Everyone liked the sign...
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Sunday, January 15, 2017

Wonderful "QSO Today" Interview with Ian Keyser G3ROO

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N2CQR and G3ROO I knew it was going to be a good Sunday morning in the shack when I saw that Eric 4Z1UG had posted  an interview with...
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Saturday, January 14, 2017

BITX40 to BITX40 In Australia -- Both Rigs on the Beach, Video at Both Ends

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There is so much great homebrewing going on down-under.   It makes me jealous.  And so much of it is for phone.  FB. I really like V...
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Thursday, January 12, 2017

N6ORS's Franken-SDR Superhet

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Of course, I love it.  MOSFETS!  NE602's!  10.7 Mc IF cans!  Cycles, not hertz! And a Tayloe Quadrature Sampling Detector made from j...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Understanding the "O" (organic) in OLED

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That's the one I'm using.  Less than 1 inch on each side.  No back light.  8 bucks shipped: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...
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