Monday, September 28, 2026

SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Challenge: 139 Receivers Built

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Dave M6XTY As of September 28, 2026  1248Z So far, total receivers built: 139 (131 plus 8 honorable mentions).  Total Count:  139.  Receiver...
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This Guy Designed His Own Microprocessor Chip -- But Is This REALLY Design?

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First, hats off to this fellow.  He deserves a lot of credit for even trying this.   But... I think this shows how DIFFERENT designging thes...
Sunday, September 27, 2026

The WN2QHL N2CQR Drake 2-B

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I was telling Steve KW4H and Scott K6AUS about my Drake 2-B (Serial #11976):  I got mine when I was still a novice on April 11, 1974. I stil...
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Thursday, September 24, 2026

What Does It Mean when Someone Says "You Are 30 Hz Off Frequency"? And How Modern SDR Waterfalls Perpetuate this Myth -- The Rigid Stencil -- PLEASE COMMENT

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Dean and Pete and I have been talking about this for some time.  We are really trying to understand where this is coming from.  After all, y...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Rex W1REX in England with the Original Tuna Tin 2, aka "The ASR" -- Ancient Sacred Relic. Indeed!

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  There he is, Rex W1REX, the esteemed owner of QRPme , the maker of so many great pads for Manhattan boards.  He was in the UK for the GQRP...
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Monday, September 21, 2026

Another Blast from the Past -- Dino KL0S in the early 70s -- A Turner mic, a Vibroplex, an HQ-100, a DC receiver, and a tech library.

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Dino:  Yes the parallels are really eerie OM.  There is that Turner mic.  I still have mine too, but I had to replace the element with an El...
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