Tuesday, May 26, 2026

The Texas Telescope Ranch

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Who knew?  Not me!  Cool idea.  
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Sunday, May 24, 2026

CuriousMarc Repairs the French Oscilloscope of His Youth -- ACHTUNG!

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It was very cool to watch CuriousMarc go back and repair the French Oscilloscope that he used as a kid.  I was reminded of my work on a Tek ...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

Building an Electronics Work Bench (and fixing an old CNC Lathe)

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It is interesting to Watch Wes Work .  Recently I came across his YouTube channel when he described his effort to repair an old CNC machine...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

School for Danger -- the SOE, and Radio, in Nazi Occupied France

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Hack-a-Day had a link to this film .  It is really good.  There is some stuff about radio, and especially the S-Phone system.  But the bigge...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Farhan Talks LARCSet (CW & SSB) at FDIM (with a Lot of Homebrew Wisdom)

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Watch the presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MefojjQ84YY Farhan made it to FDIM 2026  (he must hold the "distance trave...
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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Rick N3FJZ on the Red Summit Podcast with Charlie NJ7V

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  Check it out!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUQA2uNskEs I liked Rick's story about his early days in radio electronics.  Taking old...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

SolderSmoke 264: CW TX, Repair of 17-12 Rig, AI and Repair, Back on 40m, HB for 2m, VWS WSPR Makers Project , MAILBAG

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QSO May 8, 2026 with Lou EA3JE.  I was using my Mythbuster May 12, 2026 SolderSmoke Podcast #264 is available for download:  Audio:    http:...
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Sunday, May 10, 2026

A Very Impressive Workshop from the UK

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This one is almost scary.  There is an amazing number of machines crammed into that workshop.  There is even more stuff in the drawers down ...
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Thursday, May 7, 2026

WA4CHQ -- A Virginian QRPer and Homebrewer

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     This guy had a Drake 2-B,  Heathkit DX-35 with VF-1, and an FT-101EE.   He builds homebrew rigs.  He sailed from England to Virginia on...
Sunday, May 3, 2026

Radio Receivers -- 1942 Training Film -- Crystal Sets to Superhets

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This 17 minute film provides a good but simplified description of the state of the art at the start of World War II.  --  The description of...
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Saturday, May 2, 2026

The TW-100 "Fly Away Transceiver" --- A CW-SSB Rig I Never Heard of Until Today

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I was listening to the Old Military Radio Net this morning.  Rhett KB4HG checked in on Upper Sideband.  He was using a loaner TransWorld TW-...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

The Agony of Troubleshooting -- Shielding, Bypassing, Testing, Throwing Things at the Wall

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This might not seem like it has a lot to do with homebrew radio, but I had it playing as I was going through a similar level of agony with a...
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