Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Cliff Stoll on Software, Snake Oil, and the Creation of Real Things

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"I guess today's experimenters build things in software, without ever touching a soldering iron. The hocus pocus is inside the p...
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Monday, October 30, 2017

Modular BITX Boards

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https://hackaday.io/project/20067-puzzle-radio-building-blocks From Mike W0MNE to the BITX20 group:  Good afternoon, I...
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Sunday, October 29, 2017

Ron Gang, 4X1MK on "QSO Today" Podcast: Knack Story, Satellites, Quads, Philosophy

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Wow, Eric Guth's interview with Ron Gang 4X1MK really resonated with me:  -- Asked about how he got is start in radio, Ron went ba...
Saturday, October 28, 2017

BITX40 Featured in "Nuts and Volts"

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Congratulations to Steve Jackson and to "Nuts and Volts" for putting out a very nice article on the BITX40 transceiver.   St...
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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Pete's Simple-ceiver -- Al Fresco Success

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N6QW's Simple-ceiver design is being replicated far and wide.  Above you can see PA3GUP's beautiful rig in its "Al Fresco...
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

630 Meter DX from Wasilla, Alaska

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Kl7L's 600m Part 5 station Hi Bill - It's been a few years and I'm sort of glad my global wanderings have been curtail...
Monday, October 23, 2017

Woz with Soldering Iron; Wooden Enclosures for Electronics (Video)

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The Woz scared me for a second -- I tought he was going to leave a hot iron on the desk amidst paper and other flamable items.  But no -- ...
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Sunday, October 22, 2017

Cliff Stoll -- K7TA -- Has THE KNACK. And a GREAT NOVA Video

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Hack-A-Day had a piece on Cliff Stoll of  "The Cuckoo's Egg" and "Silicon Snake Oil" fame.  I read these books ye...
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Saturday, October 21, 2017

The First "Transistor Radio"

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I'm a few days behind on this.  On October 18 Bob Crane pointed out that Garrison Keillor marked the anniversary of the broadcast ban...
Friday, October 20, 2017

The Quantum Indians

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Beautiful video.  Strongly  recommended.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=350&v=bI7sasQsQWI
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Thursday, October 19, 2017

Ham Radio, Dilbert, Dating, and the Baofeng Breakup

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Was the young lady turned off by his obvious "appliance op" status? Was it the Baofeng?  Would he have fared better with a ho...
Saturday, October 14, 2017

SolderSmoke Podcast #200! 17, Knack Nobel, QCX, 630, UHF, Fessenden, TROUBLESHOOTING

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DL3AO 1950 SolderSmoke Podcast #200 -- TWO HUNDRED!!!!-- Is available http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke200.mp3 -- Old friends on 17...
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