Saturday, March 31, 2018

Yet Another Household Item Useful to Homebrewers: Toilet Bowl Cleaner for PC Board Fabrication

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We have already been using Desitin ointment for heat sink compound, kitchen breadboards for radio breadboards, Scotchbrite pads f...
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Saturday, March 24, 2018

SolderSmoke Podcast #203 Winter, Transceivers, Antennas, DC RX, uBITX, Mixers, 'fests, MAILBAG

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N6QW in 1959. Building an SSB transceiver SolderSmoke Pocast #203 is (FINALLY!) available:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke203.mp3 ...
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Sunday, March 18, 2018

Haunted by Hallicrafters At Winterfest

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I was on the verge of not going to the Vienna Wireless Society's Winterfest Hamfest this year.   We had just returned from a long tri...
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Monday, March 12, 2018

WA1UQO's Discrete Ceramic DC Receiver

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Armand writes:  The attached picture is your DC receiver. A little tweaking left to do as the range right now is ~ 7.44Mhz to 7.032Mhz....
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Homebrew Your Own Electret Microphones

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Don't be such a microphone appliance operator.  Whip up some of your own electret material and turn it into a mic.  Imagine how the au...
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Monday, March 5, 2018

Great Video on Crystal Motional Parameter Measurement

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Who out there can save us from further Dishal distress?  Who has one of these fantastic bits of old test gear and is willing to donate it t...
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Friday, March 2, 2018

Moxon Destroyed

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The north-east region of the U.S.  is experiencing a very strong winter storm.  These storms are called "Nor-Easters"- that desc...
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Thursday, March 1, 2018

N6ORS and "Satan's Digital Radio"

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Hey Bill, I just finished testing the new rig.  Better sit down for this...... Its an SDR (Satan's Digital Radio). Actually its ...
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Monday, February 26, 2018

Dragnet Goes After TV Repairmen in 1951

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Detective Friday goes after a vicious new kind of crime:  Crooked TV repairmen who overcharge their customers.  These monsters unneces...
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Sunday, February 25, 2018

Soldering Fingers (and SWR Bridges) in Norway

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Tore Bonderudtåjet LB4RG tells us that he is a SolderSmoke listener, and that the old tradition of hams soldering their fingers together...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

N8NM's "20 Dollar Bill" DC Receiver

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Steve N8NM wrote:  I call it "The $20 Bill" because it contains about $20 in junkbox parts and complies with Bill...
Monday, February 19, 2018

A Wonderful Troubleshooting Story -- Thailand, Mixers, a Simpson 260, Microwaves, and some Black Tape

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My old friend was really fortunate to have had such a good Staff Sergeant instructor at Signal School, someone for whom the mixer trig ...