Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Details on Pete N6QW's Wireless Set

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Details on this wonderful project:   https://www.n6qw.com/Wireless.html Pete's blog post:  http://n6qw.blogspot.com/2022/06/what-is-wire...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Flip-up Workbench Build -- Possible Application for Our Test Gear

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I nteresting workbench build.   While his tools were all for woodworking, this got me wondering about using this technique to store bigger p...
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Monday, June 27, 2022

Pete N6QW's Hybrid Wireless Set -- A Thing of Beauty, with Thermatrons

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Pete Juliano is amazing.  He is admirably carrying a very heavy load of family responsibilities.  But  he still can build some really unique...
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Thoughts on Homebrew, Makers, DIY, and Hams -- from Lex PH2LB

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Sometimes we get a comment that is so good that we elevate it to the main blog page.  That was the case with Lex PH2LB's comment on the ...
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Sunday, June 26, 2022

ZL2BMI Double Sideband QRP Transmitter in SPRAT #191

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Very cool that SPRAT had a Double Sideband (DSB)  transmitter article in its current issue (#191 Summer 2022). The author is DSB guru Eric S...
Saturday, June 25, 2022

Australian Homebrew: Owen Duffy ex VK1OD now VK2OMD. Are Hams Makers?

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This week I stumbled upon this amazing blog from Australia.  I had to check with Australian friends to find out more about the author.  Owen...
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Friday, June 24, 2022

W8ZAP on 40 AM with a Collins 20V3 Broadcast Transmitter

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  I was on 40 AM yesterday morning and I talked to Jerry W8ZAP (great callsign) out in Michigan.  Jerry was running his Collins 20V3 (above ...
Thursday, June 23, 2022

WIRED on the Dangers of another Carrington Event, Solar Cycle 25, Capacitors Could Save Us All

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This Wired article has some really interesting info on competing theories about the solar cycle, about the danger to the Earth from solar fl...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Hammarlund and Homebrew Heroine: Janis AB2RA, HQ-100 Filter Cap Question

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  I was searching for Hammarlund HQ-100 wisdom when Google pointed me to the Electric Radio articles of Janis AB2RA.  They were in  ER #380 ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Summer Solstice -- EITs. Solar Tsunamis. Strange Falcon 9 Spirals Seen in New Zealand

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  Forbes has an interesting article that may help explain the poor Cycle 25 propagation that were talking about in SolderSmoke podcast #238:...
Monday, June 20, 2022

QRP Labs HQ Tour

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Really cool to see Hans describe his QRP Labs workshop in Turkey.  Lots of soul in that worshop.  Thanks Hans.    And here is a 2022 Turkish...
Sunday, June 19, 2022

A Great Book on Oscillators (Analog LC Oscillators) by John F. Rider (Free!)

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  Thanks to Peter Parker VK3YE for alerting us to this wonderful 1940 book.  John F. Rider -- a real hero of electronic literature -- does ...
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