Sunday, April 29, 2018

"The Thrill That'll Hit Ya..." AGAIN! Three cheers for Pete, SPRAT, and GQRP

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On the cover of issue 173 of our beloved SPRAT magazine they had my little Direct Conversion receiver.  We joked on the podcast about the...
Sunday, April 22, 2018

KC1FSZ's Above Board, Al Fresco, Free Range, QRO, 4-Foot-Long, Wood-Based BITX

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DON'T BOX IT UP BRUCE!  LET THAT RIG LIVE FREE AND BREATHE!   COULD THIS BE THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BITX? Hi Guys: Firs...
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Saturday, April 21, 2018

Hyderabox! uBITX in a Lunch Box

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Oh man, I'm sorry I missed this one.  John sent it to me in January, but it got lost amidst all the uBITX messages.   I like it!  I...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

N1AW's uBITX -- Cardboard Panels, and the Mic in a Sharpie

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On Sunday night at 7 pm local on 7.277 MHz BITX users gather.   This week was the debut of my uBITX.  I was able to make only one conta...
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Sunday, April 15, 2018

Carpentry and Socketry for the uBITX

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Yesterday I decided to spend some time at the bench -- I wanted to get the uBITX boxed up.  My basswood box had arrived from Amazon on ...
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Saturday, April 14, 2018

Boxing up my uBITX -- Question for the Group

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Our friend Rogier and I are involved in an East Coast -- West Coast uBITX launch project -- we plan to assemble our uBITXs together (mo...
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Sunday, April 8, 2018

AMAZING 1999 Video on the Invention of the Transistor at "Hell's Bells Laboratory"

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Thanks to Armand WA1UQO for alerting me to this.  I really liked the book -- "Crystal Fire" -- that this 1999 video is loosely b...
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Friday, April 6, 2018

Solder Haze -- Sing Along with N8NM and Jimi Hendrix

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Back when some us were thinking of new names for the podcast, Steve, N8NM thought of Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix and came up with this se...
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Monday, April 2, 2018

REPRIEVE! SolderSmoke Saved by a Loophole!

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First, let me thank the many, many MANY, loyal listeners from around the world who wrote in with expressions of support and sympathy.  Speci...
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Sunday, April 1, 2018

NO MORE SMOKE: Lawsuit Leads to Podcast Changes

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We mentioned on the last podcast that we had some difficulties that led to a long delay between Podcast #202 and #203.   We couldn't go ...
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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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