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How could you miss them?  That yellow was bright!  Apparently you needed high visibility to cope with the looming danger of nuclear ann...

Bill Breshears WC3K (SK) SolderSmoke Podcast #198 is available.  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke198.mp3 29 July 2017 Sig...

Thanks to Stephen G7VFY for alerting us to this very nice video.   Ralph Baer did pioneering work in video games.   It is fun to see him i...

I talked to Paul KC8WBK last night during the regular 7277 kHz Sunday night BITX gathering (7 pm local). I like his BITX enclosure.  Ver...

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A few years ago my wife got me this nice little Sony ICF-SW7600GR receiver.   On the front it proclaims that it is "AM DUAL CONVERSIO...

K.P.S. Kang provides us with some great ideas for simple VXOs .  He includes an intriguing reference for a 5 MHz circuit useable in a B...

Thanks to our friend (and official lexicographer) Steve Silverman KB3SII for alerting us to this important bit of radio news from the Big ...

I've been experimenting with electret replacements for the D-104 crystal element.   I found this site with a really excellent descript...

A couple of weeks ago I noted that the complexity of DeMaw's circuit caused many of us to wimp out on this test gear project.  I jok...

So there I was, talking to KE5FV on my scratch-built 17 meter BITX, when in walks my son Billy with this walkie talkie.  "Hey Dad, I...

I had not seen this  I must say, I am disappointed.  I had visions a circular collection of shiny Rochelle salt crystals.  But look at th...