Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Curious Marc's Lab and Workshop

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This is the guy who has done all the amazing videos on the Apollo communications systems.  And a lot more.  This look at his lab is inspirat...
Sunday, January 29, 2023

Rick N3FJZ Builds the Mixer for the High School Direct Conversion Receiver

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Wonderful progress from Rick N3FJZ.   Having completed the PTO,  Rick went on to build the diode ring mixer and diplexer.  (See video above....
Saturday, January 28, 2023

Hugo Gernsback -- Was he Like Wayne Green?

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"The Electrical Experimenter" sent to me by Nick M0NTV reminded me of Hugo Gernsback.  Many of the radio books I have on my shelf ...
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Friday, January 27, 2023

N3FJZ Builds PTO for High School DC Receiver

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Rick N3FJZ has stepped forward and is building the direct conversion receiver that Dean and I have been working on .  This will be big help ...
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Thursday, January 26, 2023

"The Electrical Experimenter" -- A Treasure Trove of Inspiration

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Oh this is really phenomenal.  Nick "the Vic"  M0NTV is on the mend from some routine surgery.  While mending he found this 1915 i...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Update on High School Direct Conversion Receiver Project + .asc File

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So far, in response to my recent request for testing,  no one has stepped up to build the DC receiver Dean KK4DAS and I are testing out.  We...
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Saturday, January 21, 2023

My HI7/N2CQR QSL Card

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My fellow Vienna Wireless Society Member Ron WA6YOU is a real expert collector of QSL cards.  He was rightly critical of a very crude homebr...
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A Call for Builders! Please help us Test this Receiver! Please Build this Receiver!

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  This is the Direct Conversion receiver that Dean and I have built.  We plan to have students at a local high school build it, starting in ...
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Friday, January 20, 2023

Open Circuits: The Inner Beauty of Electronic Components

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I was not going to buy this book.   But then, Elisa and I were in a book store and there it was.  I decided to take a look.  I opened it to ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023

SolderSmoke Re-Play: Goggle EMBRACES Morse Code: Gmail Tap

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Wow!  CW finally gets some respect from the Silicon Valley guys!  There is actually a Vibroplex bug in this video.  And they note how USEFUL...

A True Measure of a Jean Shepherd Fan: Did You Fly One of His Ornithopters?

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  I did.  Shep had as a sponsor the maker of a flying bird.  It was a wind-up ornithopter powered by a rubber band.  It was kind of like the...
Sunday, January 15, 2023

Working Walter KA4KXX from Hispaniola

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  Walter KA4KXX in Orlando has been a prolific builder of rigs for many years, and has been a great friend of SolderSmoke:  Here are some of...