Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Hans Summers and his QCX -- G0UPL Cracks the Code on Si5351A Quadrature

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Pete,  Brad WA8WDQ and I were recently e-mailing about our admiration for what Hans G0UPL has achieved with his QCX rig.   I cc'd Han...
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Monday, May 28, 2018

VK2BLQ's Beautiful uBITX in a Wooden Box

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Now that, my friends, is a BEAUTIFUL uBITX.  Stephen VK2BLQ put that one together.  Peter VK2TPM helped him get the KD8CEC software into ...
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Sunday, May 27, 2018

INTERVIEW: Four Days in May 2018 -- G0UPL Hans Summers talks to Bob Crane

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Once again, our correspondent Bob Crane W8SX has gone to the Four Days in May event and has sent back some really great inteviews with ...
Thursday, May 24, 2018

An Epic Evening on 40 Meters

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I had a good night on 40 meters last night.   The Radio Gods were obviously with me.   First I called CQ and VP2EIH on Anguilla r...
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Monday, May 21, 2018

BITX Night on 7277: First N6ORS and then Canadian BITX Builders

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 I was about an hour late for the Eastern time zone meet-up at 7 pm local on 7277 kHz Sunday night (my wife and I watch 60 Minutes at that...
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Sunday, May 20, 2018

F5LVG's Nail Board Receiver -- Names for the Technique

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Pete WB9FLW reminds us that Olivier F5LVG has LONG been using copper nails and wood boards to build amazing rigs.  See above for one magn...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Youngest Homebrew Hero: 17 year-old Sam Zeelof Makes His Own Integrated Circuits

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Seventeen year-old Sam Zeelof, KD2ENL, is making his own integrated circuits in his garage.  Wow.  This makes me think about another se...
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Sunday, May 13, 2018

A Construction Technique that REALLY "Nails it" -- But what do we call it?

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Thanks to Rogier PA1ZZ (long in W6) for this.  I guess I have used a variation of this technique in some antenna tuner projects, and ma...
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Saturday, May 12, 2018

NN2K's Beautiful Pine-Board Al-Fresco Thermatron AM Transmitter

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On Saturday mornings (around dawn) I often listen to the Old Military Radio Net on 3885 kHz.  I find it inspirational.  This morning th...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

KE4MIQ's Repurposed Raduino Receiver

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FB James -- Really glad you are listening,  and that you are having fun with a Direct Conversion receiver --- souped up with a Rad...
Saturday, May 5, 2018

SolderSmoke Podcast #204 April 1, SPRAT Cover 2, uBITX mania, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #204 is available!  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke204.mp3 5 May 2018 April 1 Recap -- We thank you for...
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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...