Sunday, April 30, 2023

Radio's Noble Savage: Jean Shepherd and The Secret People (that's us) -- Shep and Kludge?

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I was looking at the pictures from the Nearfest hamfest when I spotted this quite from Shepherd at the bottom of a post in the AM Window by ...
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Friday, April 28, 2023

Who is the Man in the Portrait in Artie Moore's Shack?

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  Who is this person?   He is in a prominent position in Artie Moore's very early radio shack.  Artie was obviously big on labeling thin...
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High-School Students Successfully Avoid THE SHELF OF SHAME -- Update on the Direct Conversion Receiver Project

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One of the first finished receivers Dean KK4DAS, Mike KD4MM, and I had a good day at the local high school yesterday, even after a month of ...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Retro QRP Rigs of the 1960's, 70's, and 80's -- Video by Mike WU2D

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It is time to put aside (again!) all of the heated ideological arguments about the power level that defines "low power."  Just sit...
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Monday, April 24, 2023

Tim Hunkin on Drilling Holes (Secret Life of Components Video)

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  I guess that aside from being a great video, this is something of a test of technical nerdy-ism.  If you find this hour long video really ...
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Four Old BBC Shows on Radio: Hams, Physics, and Antique Wireless

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The first one, about ham operators in general, is pretty depressing. Then it goes downhill as they shift to those who are listening to baby ...
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Sunday, April 23, 2023

Helge LA6NCA's Altoids Tin Receiver

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Here's another great video from Helge LA6NCA.  This is a follow-up to his Altoids Spy Transmitter project.   Really well done.   Hack-A-...
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Thursday, April 20, 2023

Artie Moore and the Titanic

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I had never heard of Artie Moore, but his is a very interesting story from the earliest days of radio.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artie...
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

A Request for Digital Help from a Ham in Argentina

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Can someone out there help OM Martin LW9DTR?  His e-mail is on his QRZ.com page:  https://www.qrz.com/db/LW9DTR MARTIN LW9DTR  has left a ne...
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CuriousMarc Powers up (and Explains) Old Cathode Ray Tubes

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Wow, really cool video from CuriousMarc and the guy who wrote the "Open Circuits" book.  But fellows, you really need to be more c...
Sunday, April 16, 2023

Inside "Open Circuits"

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Here is a cool video about a very cool book.  I wasn't going to buy it, but when I saw it  in a book store, I opened it up to a random p...
Thursday, April 13, 2023

The Franklin Oscillator: A Super-Stable VFO. Why No Attention? Why So Little Use?

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My Franklin VFO Lee KD4RE of the Vienna Wireless Society has been talking about the Franklin oscillator. He has been telling us that it is v...
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