Saturday, November 9, 2019

SPRAT, the FETer, DLR headphones, and recent QSOs on the ET-2

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Yesterday we had QSO #13 on the ET-2.  This was with Jim W1PID.  In an earlier contact Jim told me I had some chirp.  I fiddled with the ...
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Thursday, November 7, 2019

The ET-2 with Callsign Tattoos

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Slots are still available!   Get your callsign on the ET-2! This rig will probably soon turn into wall art here at SolderSmoke HQ...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Contact #10 with the ET-2 -- Perry K9NZ

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Perry K9NZ was contact #10 with my ET-2 QRPp rig.   I found the above on his QRZ page.  Beautiful sentiments.  Most of us have s...
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Tuesday, November 5, 2019

For All You Guys Who DON'T Use the Proper Fuse Value

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Pete has been trying to talk sense on this issue for a long time, but some folks just won't listen.  You need to have a reverse p...
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Monday, November 4, 2019

Melbourne Australia -- QRP By the Bay 2019

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Each November, Peter Parker VK3YE and his ham colleagues from Melbourne share with us reports on Peter's annual "QRP by the Bay...
Saturday, November 2, 2019

SolderSmoke Podcast #214 is FINALLY out!

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WE ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE THE AUDIO QUALITY.  IN THE FIRST RELEASE OF THIS PODCAST SOME OF THE AUDIO WAS KIND OF MUFFLED.  I TRIED TO...
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Friday, November 1, 2019

Don't do this yourself...

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...or else you'll be spending a LOT more time on 17 meters. 
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Direct Conversion (videos)

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Here are a couple of videos from 2017 (never posted before).  I built a little 40 meter Direct Conversion receiver for my nephew John He...
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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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