Thursday, December 31, 2020

So Many Wonderful Things on W7ZOI's Site

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  There he is.  Wes Hayward, W7ZOI in 1957.  I had never seen this picture before.  I found it on Wes's recently updated "shackview...
Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Ross Hull and Clinton DeSoto -- Ham Radio and R/C Planes

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Rogier PA1ZZ sent me a video that linked Ross Hull and Clinton DeSoto to the development of today's killer drones.  While it looks like ...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Listen to this! The Kearsarge Mountain Transmission System -- Winter Test Transmission -- 9670 kHz

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This is a bit mysterious, but I think that is part of the allure.  Last week reports began to surface on reddit about a shortwave test trans...
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Monday, December 21, 2020

Observations from the Mars 2020 Opposition

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  These are some of the drawings that I made during the Mars 2020 opposition. I would go out to my back porch with my 6 inch Dobsonian Newto...
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Sunday, December 20, 2020

The Parkes Radio Telescope Picks Up a Possible "Wow" Signal from Proxima Centauri (maybe)

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An article about SETI and our favorite dish.  From Scientific American:   https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alien-hunters-discover-...
Saturday, December 19, 2020

A Very Clever Way to Build a Moxon for 17 and 20 meters

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Jim AB9CN sent us Dan Zimmerman N3OX's page in response to my plea for help in SolderSmoke #227.   I think this is a very clever and att...
Friday, December 18, 2020

Grayson Evans KJ7UM's New Blog -- Lots of Great Technical Info

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  Our friend Grayson Evans KJ7UM, author of "Hollow State Design"  has launched a new blog.  It is filled with great technical inf...
Tuesday, December 15, 2020

SolderSmoke Podcast #227: Solar System, SDR, Simple SSB, HA-600A, BITX17, Nesting Moxons? Mailbag

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SolderSmoke Podcast #227 is available:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke227.mp3 Travelogue Mars is moving away.  Jupiter and Saturn clos...
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Thursday, December 10, 2020

Pete Juliano's Presentation to the 2020 G-QRP Club Convention -- Building SSB Transceivers

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It is a great day my friends.  G-QRP has posted on YouTube the presentations made at their 2020 convention.  TRGHS!  Above you can see the a...
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Saturday, December 5, 2020

Adding 10 kHz of Coverage to My BITX 17

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  Solar Cycle 25 is underway.  The Solar Flux Index and Sunspot numbers are up considerably.  I have dusted off my old BITX17 transceiver.  ...
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"Radio, Radio" By Elvis Costello and The Attractions

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Wow. At one point in the video Elvis C. climbs onto a radio chassis and sings while standing between two Thermatrons.  FB OM.   And here is ...
Friday, December 4, 2020

The Terrible Collapse of the Arecibo Dish: Climate Change, Hurricane Maria, and Funding Cuts. Also: China's New Dish

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From  https://www.thewrap.com/watch-crazy-footage-of-the-arecibo-observatory-collapse-goldeneye-video/   : "Alas, over the 2010s it w...