Saturday, December 31, 2022

EI0CL as Heard on a uBITX in the Dominican Republic

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 27 December 2022: My old friend Mike EI0CL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYlI603BOXY
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Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Who was Jean Shepherd?

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Find out in this 16 minute preview video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83rIeZVqdcs  EXCELSIOR!
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Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Report from the Dominican Republic -- HI7/N2CQR

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK2ISLCxCh8&t=8s

WATCH Jean Shepherd in 1982 (with Letterman)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3naRDmT3QGA 
Monday, December 26, 2022

A Blast from the Past: TR on Homebrewing (sort of)

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  "It is not the critic who counts; not the ham who points out how the homebrewer stumbles, or where the builder of rigs could have bui...
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Sunday, December 25, 2022

Some Direct Conversion Receiver History

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Here is the article by Wes Hayward and Dick Bingham that started it all:   https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-DX/QST/60s/QST-1968-11.pdf ...
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Saturday, December 17, 2022

Kludge. Rhymes with Fudge. On PBS!

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At about 12:26 in this video, David Brooks uses the word "kludge" on the Public Broadcasting System. He pronounces it CORRECTLY!  ...
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Friday, December 16, 2022

Did Marconi Cross the Atlantic with a Coherer? No.

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Jagadish Chandra Bose A while back I posted the re-mastered version of the excellent "Secret Live of Machines" episode  on radio. ...
Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Faust Gonsett and the SB-33 in 1963

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  Click on the images for better views When this ad appeared in 73 Magazine in February 1963 I was 4 years old, living on Manhattan Island. ...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Save the Antenna!

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SolderSmoke fans have an interest in saving this antenna because it is the site of one of the most amazing RF troubleshooting stories of all...
Friday, December 9, 2022

R-390s, KWM-2s, Airplanes, and Magnetic Loops -- A Really Interesting Interview with Ted Robinson K1QAR

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Eric Guth 4Z1UG has a really interesting interview with Ted Robinson K1QAR.   I really enjoyed hearing Ted's inspiring story:  https://w...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Is Envelope Detection a Fable? Or is it Real? Diodes, Square Laws and all that

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HOW ENVELOPE DETECTION (SUPPOSEDLY?) WORKS  Most of us grew up with the above diagram of how a receiver detects (demodulates) an AM signal. ...
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