Tuesday, June 30, 2020

A Backyard Pandemic Field Day in France (Smoke Released!)

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Thank you Alain!  ------------- Hello Pete and Bill, As you know I am a great fan of your blogs. The fields days are not...
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Monday, June 29, 2020

SolderSmoke Patreon -- What We Will Do with the Money

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Become a Patron!   I mentioned our Patreon fund-raising effort in Podcast #223.  We immediately got a number of new sponsors.  Thanks...
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DK7IH Improves his Shirt-Pocket Transceiver

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More great stuff from Peter DK7IH.   He recently made  some improvements to his "Shirt-Pocket SSB Transceiver.   On his blog he ex...
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Saturday, June 27, 2020

SolderSmoke Podcast #223 Field Day, Club Talks, Patreon, NanoVNA, Farhan Video, SPRAT, BIG MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast 223 is available:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke223.mp3 27 June 2020 Quarantine Field Day!    I...
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Thursday, June 25, 2020

Pete Juliano's Presentation to the Cedar Valley, Iowa Amateur Radio Club (Slides)

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Earlier this month Pete N6QW spoke via Zoom to the Cedar Valley,  Iowa Amateur Radio Club.  This was an especially appropriate venue for ...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Arduino, Si5351, GPS linked atomic clock, GPS disciplined frequency counter and more...

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Wow, it has been a while since I first talked to Rick, N3FJZ.  Above you can see his QSL card.  And here is a link to a SolderSmoke blo...
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Monday, June 22, 2020

Feedback on Farhan's FB Feedback Amp Video

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As I said a couple of days ago, Farhan has put out a very informative video on amplifier design. During the video we can see him determin...
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Join up NOW!

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From the front cover of the July 14, 1934 issue of Amateur Wireless.   This UK weekly magazine was the predecessor of Practical Wireles...
Saturday, June 20, 2020

Excellent Video from Farhan on Amplifier Design

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Farhan has produced a really excellent video explaining the theory behind the feedback amplifiers that we use in so many of our circuits....
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Thursday, June 18, 2020

You must join the CONSTRUCTOR CRUSADERS

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Wow. This 1934 front-page presages so many things that we talk about today.  "The Constructor Crusaders,"  reminds me of ...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Lobes, Nulls, and "Gain Dipoles" -- Testing the Theory with WSPR

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In the last podcast Pete and I were discussing dipole antennas.  We mentioned dipoles that were multiples of 1/2 wavelength and said the ...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

Dilbert, Shep, Dex, Pete, Farhan, and Wes! N2CQR Presentation on Homebrewing to Local Radio Club

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Dean KK4DAS asked me to speak to our local radio club, the Vienna Wireless Society.   It was a lot of fun.  I talked about my evolution as...
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