Sunday, December 29, 2024

Other Kinds of Workshops -- Making a Clock with a Lathe

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Somehow, this video fits well with the SolderSmoke theme.  It may be that Uri cheerfully acknowledges that the lathe can kill you (the same ...
Friday, December 27, 2024

Derek N9TD's Magnificent Build of the TJ Direct Conversion Receiver

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  I think it is magnificent.  Derek N9TD fought his EE tendencies and recognized that the perfect can be the enemy of the good.  So he went ...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

So Many Great Pictures, So Much Radio History

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  I make it a point to go back to Wes W7ZOI's web site every once in a while.  That is always a good idea. This time I found myself look...
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Monday, December 23, 2024

More Shortwave Listener Cards

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Around this time every year I get an envelope from the W2 QSL bureau in New Jersey.  This year, the envelope contained two QSL cards from sh...
Sunday, December 22, 2024

SolderSmoke Shack South -- with Mythbuster II and AN762 .1 kW Linear

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This is the current operating table at HI7/N2CQR.    The box up on top is my Mythbuster II -- like the original Mythbuster, but without the ...
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Saturday, December 21, 2024

KE5HPY's Altoids Direct-Conversion Receiver for 40 Meters

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Click on the image for a much clearer view. It is a thing of beauty.  You can see all four stages in there.  There is the Bandpass Filter in...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Happy Birthday to Pete Juliano, N6QW

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  Pete Juliano   Excellent husband and father. Vietnam veteran who went into harm's way for his country. Master homebrewer.  A great coo...
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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Popcorn Electronics is BACK! Yea!

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  https://qrp-popcorn.blogspot.com/ Check it out at the URL above.  FB!  Thanks Todd!  And thanks Vasily!   I never knew that Mike KL7R (the...
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Friday, December 13, 2024

SolderSmoke Podcast #255 -- Accept the HB Challenge!, DeMaw SSB, Brilliant TR-3, Tube Talk, Ground Truth, Tales of Woe, SDR RX, Pico Balloons, MAILBAG

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Mythbuster II -- 20 meters only SolderSmoke Podcast #255 is avalable:  Audio:       http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke255.mp3 Video:        ...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

An Evening Bandscan on 40 Meters using the High-School Direct-Conversion Receiver

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This video shows how useful this receiver really is.  Build one of these!
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Mike WU2D's Video on the SimpleX Super Receiver -- Part II

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  Another FB video from Mike WU2D.    But you know,  I too find myself kind of opposed to front panel on-off switches.  I power my rigs with...
Monday, December 9, 2024

Listening to 40 meters on the DC Receiver -- And I Heard a Distinguished Homebrewer!

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I made the video above to show postential builders how useful our Direct Conversion receiver really is.   Late in the video (starting at 11:...
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