Friday, October 25, 2019

Minimalist Masochism at Solar Minima -- But More Contacts with the ET-2

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Dylan Thoams   "Rage, rage against the dying of the light"  I thought of that line from Dylan Thomas's poem when I read...
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Radio Telescope Homebrewed from Cake Pans and Chicken Wire

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  https://altaonline.com/the-low-tech-search-for-signs-of-intelligent-life/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Revamped SolderSmoke YouTube Channel -- Please Subscribe

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I did some work on the SolderSmoke YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/M0HBR And I added a bunch of videos th...
Monday, October 21, 2019

Farhan Visits Northern Virginia and SolderSmoke HQ

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  Our good friend Farhan came to Northern Virginia last week for the 50th Anniversary Symposium of AMSAT.   We were really delighted that...
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Saturday, October 19, 2019

QSO #3 with the ET-2 Minimalist Transceiver

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  The Radio Gods were clearly supporting me on 16 October 2019.  I had sent out a plea for people to listen for the 80 mW CQ from my ET-2...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Please Listen for My 80 Milliwatt CQ Tomorrow, Wednesday 16 Octoberr

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I will be calling CQ from Northern Virginia starting at 1330Z (0930 Eastern) on Wednesday 16 October 2019 on 7038.6 kHz with my ET-2 QRPpp r...
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Monday, October 14, 2019

The First Sunspots of Cycle 25 -- Explained by Space Weather Woman (Video)

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Dr. Tamitha Skov explains how Cycle 25 has begun while Cycle 24 is not quite finished.  She has a very clear way of presenting the space ...
Sunday, October 13, 2019

More on the ET-2 : Better Pictures and More Circuit Description. Some Thoughts on Simplicity

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  So yesterday I made my first contact using my ET-2 rig.   Last night I got an e-mail from Gary, the fellow at the other end of that c...
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Saturday, October 12, 2019

Success with my ET-2 --TWO TRANSISTOR RIG

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  In my effort to replicate the ET-1 rig of Glen Yingling W2UW, I had a hard time getting the receiver to work well with the single FE...
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The BGCD: A Regenerodyne Receiver built on Pencil, Candy, and Tea Tins. Circuit from 1937 QST

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David Newkirk recently put up a nice website on ham radio.   The page below provides details on the amazing creation pictured above:  The...
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Very Useful: Copper Tape with Conductive Adhesive

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This copper tape is really useful, especially when doing "free style" homebrew.  At first I didn't even realize the adhesive...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Analog Waterfall -- The Hallicrafters Skyrider Panoramic

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We were talking about this a short time ago.  I was trying to reproduce the effect using my Rigol oscilloscope and my Feeltech scannin...