Saturday, October 27, 2018

SolderSmoke Podcast #207 -- 15 mtrs, 60 mtrs, Giants of Radio, Cubesats, Pete's rigs, SDR MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #207 is available:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke207.mp3 -- Giants of Radio -- Pete on 15 Meters -- Bill o...
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Friday, October 26, 2018

Homebrewing Your Own Variable Capacitors

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It is people like Jeremy Cook who will save us from total domination by DDS and PLL "oscillators" and their whimpy little "...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

uBITXs Doing Very Well on 60 Meters -- with Boris and Natasha

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Last Saturday something told me to get on 60 meters.  TRGHS.  So I stepped out to the carport and tuned the doublet to 5.3 Mhz -- and ...
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Monday, October 22, 2018

Ian Keyser G3ROO on UK TV with his Spy Set Rigs (video)

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Me at the keyof one of Ian's spy sets -- ten years ago? Check out this nice UK TV report on Ian G3ROO and his spy set radios:  h...
Sunday, October 21, 2018

The Radio Doctor of Montreal

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So much radio wisdom in the words of the Radio Doctor of Montreal. 
Saturday, October 20, 2018

Pete's New Transceiver with Heathkit Filter and WSPR (Video)

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Another beautiful rig from Pete. Inspiration for the winter building season.  More info on his blog: http://n6qw.blogspot.com/ We hope...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

M0HYT's Through-Hole (No Surface Mount) uBITX

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That's the spirit! I like how Peter M0HYT took the uBITX schematic and built his own, his way.  When you build the rig yourself, if p...
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Saturday, October 13, 2018

Chinese AMATEUR Satellites ORBITING THE MOON! Radio Amateurs Receiving Images

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This is really amazing and deserves more attention than it has been getting.   http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/china-...
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Falcon 9 Launch, Landing and Sat Deployment Video

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Very cool video from Space X.  I like how they have the time-line along the bottom and the telemetry in the upper right.  This is the firs...
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Monday, October 8, 2018

VU3XVR's EMRFD TIA HB TRANSCEIVER

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Ram did a beautiful job on this 40 meter rig.    You can read about this project here:  https://vu3xvr.blogspot.com/2018/10/homebrew-...
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Sunday, October 7, 2018

Stockpiling Parts for Analog Oscillator STABILITY

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Doug DeMaw taught us that a key contributor to analog oscillator stability is the use of NP0 capacitors.  As part of my effort to maint...
Saturday, October 6, 2018

Radio Astronomy Knack!

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This video has so much of the kind of stuff that interests us:  roadkill antennas.  3D printers.  Arduinos.  Raspberry Pi, And of course, ...