Tuesday, March 26, 2019

So Much Cool Stuff on Pete N6QW's Blog

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There is so much tribal knowledge, so many good ideas.  Be sure to visit Pete's blog regularly.   http://n6qw.blogspot.com/ He ne...
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Monday, March 25, 2019

Apollo 11 -- The Documentary

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My wife is a kind and tolerant person.  Proof of this is that she went with me to see the Apollo 11 documentary that we recently posted...
Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Amazing New Geostationary Amateur Satellite -- LISTEN ONLINE!

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Wow, quite a step forward in the amateur satellite world.  Qatar and AMSAT-Germany have collaborated to put an amateur radio repeater in ...
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Sunday, March 17, 2019

DISAPPOINTED! No Takers on Mechanical Filter Question! SAD!

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So, in our last podcast I asked the group to take a look at two pictures of a mechanical filter that I had recently taken out of its ca...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

We have lost our spiritual leader: George Dobbs G3RJV, SK

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Yesterday we received the very sad news that George Dobbs, G3RJV has died.  I think it is no exaggeration to say that with George's...
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Friday, March 8, 2019

Viking Rigs Save the Day!

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I attribute the success to the Times Sequence Keying.  And, of course, to the analog VFO.   Thanks again to Jeff Murray. 
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Saturday, March 2, 2019

SolderSmoke Podcast #210 Boatanchors, Magnetostriction, VFOs, AM, CW, SSB, Mailbag

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2 March 2019  SolderSmoke Podcast #210 is available:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke210.mp3 Alexa, Marie Kondo, berets, and ham ...
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Sunday, February 24, 2019

An Update on Jac's Homebrew Receiver

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About four years ago we posted a report on the FB homebrew receiver of Jac KA1WI     Here is the original report: https://soldersmoke.blo...
Saturday, February 23, 2019

The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive

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Dig out those old tapes and make a contribution to the archive. Lots of good stuff in there.  The Sandinista recording from 1979 was quit...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

An Awesome Radio Painting from Germany

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Awesome radio art.  Thanks to Jeff Murray and K9YA Telegraph for the alert.  Info on the artist here:  https://weimarart.blogspot.com...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Shortwave Radiogram

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On 18 Feb 2019 I talked to Kim KD9XB on 40 meter SSB.  Kim -- who is retired from the Voice of America -- told me about a really interesti...
Monday, February 18, 2019

RE-RUNS OF VINTAGE SIDEBAND NET -- To fill those lonely hours between SolderSmoke podcasts...

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I really enjoy listening to these guys, and I suspect SolderSmoke listeners will too.  Like the SolderSmoke podcast, it is the perfect th...