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SolderSmoke98.mp3
January 4, 2009
New Year's in Rome, Fireworks, Abruzzo snow trip.
AA1TJ and the compact flourescent bulb rig; "Michael the red-nosed Rainey..."
Billy's Asus eeePC : Amazin's piece of gear.
The Lure of Logic: Fixing my old Global Specialties counter (chip needed).
The Joy of Troubleshooting.
N3ZI's FB counter.
Balsa boxes.
Todd, VE7BPO, also getting logical.
Hans, G0UPL, back on 30 meter QRSS from London.
Lawrence, KL1X grabbing VK QRSS sigs in N. China.
My sigs steady in ON5EX grabber.
Dan's deals.
Book of the week: "Empire of the Air." Armstrong as a teenage ham.
MAILBAG:
Todd K5TAK on new name for Knack (no!)
Rick KC0PET has new 'scope, analyzer, Elsie
Bill N8ET Kanga USA getting going again.
Alan WA9IRS on Pete Millet's free online tech books
Wayne VA7AT on SDR
Frank VK2AKG is NOT the solenoid musician
Bill N3HQB was in Ade Weiss's summer camp ham class!
Roger K7RXV on shaving resistors
Dino KL0S on other free books on-line
Gareth G1DRG on BBC Digital Planet Podcast
Tim Walford's FB ham construction magazine
A word about words from our sponsors
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SolderSmoke97.mp3
December 21, 2008
Tiber flooding, Italian @ (snail!)
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DSB 80 "Kickpanel" project:
Rig reform
Harder than SSB?
Do we need to match diodes?
Terminating balanced modulators
An antenna for my "spot" ("net") circuit, LED
Thinking of speech processing
Driver hotter than final
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MEPT QRSS:
VK2ZAY crosses Oz on 470 micro-watts
Using 9H1LO's grabber engine as time machine
My beacon box: 10 and 30 in same enclosure
Knights QSY to lower bands (temporarily)
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Theory:
Thanks for beta independence help
Why does feedback lower distortion?
W3JDR's Ne602 modeling
Grinding resistors for precision
Broken counter leads to learning logic
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Miscellaneous:
Wes updates site
Kanga USA is back
There is no SPRAT 13
AA1TJ's lightbulb rig
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MAILBAG:
Lyndon smells the smoke
Roger KA7EXM goes to Aikhabara
Mark KI7N hits Singapore's radio row
Bob KD4EBM's feedback on feedback
Mike KC7IT fixes Christmas lights with 'scope
Frank VK2AKG on YouTube solenoid concert
Mike AA1TJ working on return loss bridges
John K7JM says SS blog makes DXCC
Jerry NR5A on Solder-SETI, b'day
Ron WB3AAL 1K QSOs from AT
Alan N8WQ: Tree battery!
Jeremy N1JER and QRP-L QRSS group build
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
SolderSmoke96.mp3
December 8, 2008
Moj Music
Rome winter: Snowcapped mountains, Starlings
Billy’s Blog – Please visit!
“Make” redeems itself with LED video
80 DSB rig: LTSpice, Design, Diplexers, Decoupling
Properly terminating balanced modulators
The virtues of feedback
80 meter DSB QRP (in a contest)
Reading Recommendation: January 2009 “Air and Space”
Jupiter and Venus aligned
Saturn picture with (sorta) homebrew rig
Ben’s Balloon Beacon
Laurence KL1X in N. China – will set up QRSS grabber
MAILBAG
Roger K7RXV and Bob KD4EBM on SolderSmells
Jerry NR5A has WSPR-mania
Scott KD5NJR on “Soul of a New Machine”
Bob K7HBG “Real radios have knobs”
Akshay VA7AAX 15 year-old listener, homebrewer
SolderSmoke95.mp3 November 23, 2008
Amp design adventures with Spice, EMRFD
WANTED: NE602 Spice model
Pictures (from pirates?) in 80 meter waterfall
Problems space with tools and solar panels
QRSS news: W1BW 50 mw heard in VK6 and VK7
WSPR QRO controversy
IK0IXI's video on HB 8 band SSB rig
Ordering parts -- the aroma factor
1 uF caps OK for HF bypass?
Reading Recommendation: December 2008 Discover Magazine
MAILBAG:
Thanks for help on CD for Mike's wife
Paul WA1MAC: Chapstick PTO, alternate use for political lawn signs
Aisea 3D2AA: Listening from Fiji. Just retired, has Softrock kit
Bob NT7S: Has setup SolderSmoke Facebook
Steve G0FUW: Bath Build-a-thon January 17, 2009
Roberto XE1GXG: Getting married, took detour to radio row
Ben N1VF: An old friend from Vienna Wireless Society
Steve "Snort Rosin" Smith: Wants real gong, "Once upon a clip lead..."
John VK3AJG's FB SSB rig
Steve KG6NRM TAK-40 Pic project
SolderSmoke94.mp3 November 2, 2008
Halloween in Rome, Autumn rains
Building Class A Amps with Spice, Copper, SSDRA, EMRFD
Wes on oscillator output wave forms
Inspirational article in "Air and Space" Magazine
Book Review: "My Detachment" by Tracy Kidder
Autumn SPRAT
SPECIAL REPORT FROM G-QRP MINI-CONVENTION
Aliens on 80 meters
MEPT: Can you see me?
Softrock 40 Group tries to digitize N2CQR
Homebrew solar panels
Request for assistance...
MAILBAG:
Alan Yates in cahoots with AA1TJ
Les gets our logo on I-tunes
Paul WA1MAC gets 2 2Bs
Scott KD5NJR on KSC honeymoons
Bruce VE9QRP on new free QUCS simulator
Keith G0CZR on bubble wrap insulation
Bob KD4EBM on green laser dangers
John VK3AJG designs 80 meter SSB rig
Todd KE7KXI on Knack relapse, old electronics smell
Jerry NR5A BACK IN ACTION!
Bob N7ZF on SolderSmoke Facebook
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SolderSmoke93.mp3 October 12, 2008
HB Pi Network Tuna (with mystery)
Hamfest report from Belgium
Space Hackers removed from YouTube
Verdict on Judica Cordiglia brothers
FB Italian ham magazines
I shift to FSK on 30 meters
Gimmick capacitors
QRSS QSY woes
SolderJoke
MAILBOX:
Jerry NR5A Back in action
Scott KD5NJR on Space Hacker controversy
Steve WB6TNL on the different flavors of solder smoke!
Paul WA1MAC labled PC boards with SSDRA page numbers
Ramakrishnan VU3RDD getting back on the air
Jim K9JM had 60 POUNDS of 2N2222
Jim AL7R listening from Yuma
Wes W7ZOI on plumbing washer toroids
Paul WA5WCP on laser safety
Terry G4GHU also went to KSC on honeymoon
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SolderSmoke92.mp3 September 28, 2008
The Flea at Trastevere
QRSS 2N2222 goes toes up. Why?
Da Vinci Code MEPT Frequency Standard
Wind Powered QRSS
QRSS Whispers reflecting off airplanes
Transformer troubles at CERN
Arnie's cool Cuban hack
Woodpecker update
A SolderSmoke charity project
Another engineer joke
Kanga USA BACK IN BUSINESS!
The Joy of Fixing Things
Jim Severns - KNACK VICTIM
A Homebrew Italian Space Program
MAILBAG: G0FUW in Gibraltar
VU3RDD in Southern India
KB1QVO on laser comms
K4BVL likes our audio
VK3PB on Italy's "Space Hackers"
W0DAB on free online MIT courses
DL4MGJ on fixing 2B parallax
WB6NTL on transistor failure mode
AF6C on crystal ovens
G3ZTB likes Shep
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SolderSmoke91.mp3 September 14, 2008
Sardinia!
ON5EX's QRSS MEPT leads us back to bike riding
Watching Jupiter, listening for Jupiter
KF6KYI's I-tunes QRSS
Stan, 9H1LO's new grabber
Laptop motion detectors as earthquake detectors
Nuclear fusion in the shack
Filo T. Farnsworth
Building a QRSS freq standard
SPRAT CD
Forget about stocks: SSDRA now selling at $399.89
SolderJokes
QST articles on-line! FB!
Jim Williams and the joy of fixing things
STEREO SPECIAL: Roger Hayward's new binaural DSB project
Antenna woes
MAILBAG:
G0WAT on HOGCON 2008 (21 Sept in Herts.)
AJ8T on Russian rovers with laser reflectors
KA9OOI on language and low pass audio filtering
WB6TNL says NO to rat neurons in QRP gear
KB6QR "beknacked" vice "knackered" ?????
NR5A has a Drake 2A
7J1AWL on the air from Vietnam
KC0PET goes solar
OZ1CJX Bad case of Knack, may need professional help
K8WPR says Knack keeping him away from wild women, bars
AJ8T on CK722 museum
AG5RS works Texas balloon from Dubai (via net)
KI4SGU POW radio parts
N8WQ on schematic drawing program
KF4LMZ has QRSS-itis, finds 10.140 rock in CB rig
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SolderSmoke90.mp3 August 17, 2008
August in Rome, Italian beaches, Circeo
Hardrock Cafe, My Sharona, The Knack
The Planet Mechanics
VK6DI on QRSS
Listen to me talking to Jean Shepherd (1976)
SolderSmoke (sort of) in Australia in 1944
Herman Munster is not an appliance op...
Book Review: "The Science of Radio"
August QST: KD1JV's rig, pneumatic switching, QRP WAS
Conrad's Garage, KDKA, K4HU (SK)
Kits and Parts by W8DIZ
Working on 80 meter DSB rig
Computer fixed, counter still dead
MAILBAG: 7J1AWL in Vietnam
Jerry, NR5A, gets a Drake 2A
KB1DRK recommends Spitfish
SM5QU on Apollo Backpack Radios (AM!)
AC7ZN reports WB8LZG has aerielitis
W8NF on Dorkbot (Knack? or no Knack?)
G0FUW to speak at Basingstoke 1 September
M0JRQ on the meanings of "knackered"
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SolderSmoke89.mp3 August 3, 2008
Positano on the Amalfi Coast
QRSS: An Idea for More N. American Activity
Argo's bandwidth: .34 Hz
The New SolderSmoke Audio Filter
Knackered? Translating American to British
Kanga USA helps in Lake Michigan rescue
Google's "Back to the Moon" contest
Russia's Mars sample return mission
Apollo 11
Lasers from San Diego to the Moon
N0TU's slideshow (with Tuna Tin Two)
MAILBAG: K4QO on clubs without rules.
G0WAT names me "Hodeghog #4"
VE7SL ID's Mystery Military Radio
ZL2GX finishing Ph.D.
KC0PET gets EMRFD
N5XL reports Tantalum shortage
G3WOE on Shep and 20 new BITX20s
W8OAJ is now N8WQ, building MEPT
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SolderSmoke88.mp3 July 19, 2008
My walk to work in Rome
The BEST Jean Shepherd ham radio episode
My talk with Jean Shepherd
NR5A's beacon
200 Knights
QRSS of .3 wpm = 1.3 Hz bandwidth
IZ4BFA in stereo CW
K1JT - The Knight with the Nobel Prize
WSPR
Drain cap audio popping filter
Help ID a BC-348
Dan's Small Parts to return
The British Amateur Television Club: Knack to the Max
ADVERTS: N3ZI's Freq Counters, Gadgeteer Books
MAILBAG: Home Counties QRP Club, LU1CBL's BA Beacon,
I2NDT's Thailand Beacon, KI4UZI listens at Cape Kennedy,
KD0BIK's podcast, AF4UI's LC meter, KD4EBM on Coherent CW,
ZL3TKA IS NOT CRAZY, 7J1AWL reading "Crystal Fire,"
M0JFE wants HB phone, VK7AX rebroadcasting SolderSmoke in
Tasmania, M0NDE caught The Knack at age 6.
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SolderSmoke87.mp3 July 6, 2008
On the beach at Fregene
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QRSS Mania:
Calibration problems solved
First reports received
The Fun of Grabbers
Checking your signal via Blackberry
The Joy of Milliwatting
Chirp, Click, Drift in QRSS
Temperature sensitivity
Bury that Beacon?
Why so little US QRSS?
More US Grabbers needed
AA1TJ/QRSS?
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Elser in "History of QRP in US"
New Slides, WAC on ClustrMap!
MAILBAG: G0FUW reports EI9GQ victin of Knack
KC0PET on understanding our circuits
ON4FW sends FB pictures
KG6TCJ on QRSS calibration
W7ZOI on FD and calibration
W4NI on measuring harmonics
PE1OIT on GPS calibration technique
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SolderSmoke86.mp3 June 22, 2008
Maritime Mobile on Lake Bracciano.
Jean Shepherd loses girlfriend due to THE KNACK.
30 Meter transmitter self-constructs (almost).
QRSS Woes.
Do CW signals have sidebands?
Freq Counter down for the count.
Dial Parallax: Drake 2B jumps 3 kc from eyeball to eyeball.
Radio Shack: Count your blessings!
Nice wire from old computers.
Good luck on Field Day.
MAILBAG: VU3RDD NEW HARMONIC!
Frank on analog scopes,
PE1OIT on si570 chips,
KG4ENB on 179 kc LOWFERS,
M0NJP on how XYL's can deal with THE KNACK,
K7JM on SolderSnow,
W8OAJ SolderSmoke as Knack Therapy,
Jonathan 7J1AWL "from a commuter train in Tokyo"
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SolderSmoke85.mp3 June 8, 2008 Echo-QSO with WA6ARA!
Phoenix lands on Mars.
Beacon operations.
Adrian Weiss, W0RSP. FB QRP Author.
Need correspondent for Flea at MIT.
Understanding balanced modulators.
Dan's accident (Dan's Small Parts).
Hendricks Cap Kit.
"Hot Iron" Journal of The Constructor's Club
The Woodpecker.
MAILBAG (Return of the GONG!): W6DWF
KC0PEI on "IP Telepathy"
Mark Z on a crank-up Pocket Pixie.
Ramakrishnan in Singapore.
Niels PE1OIT on Robert E. Pease.
Jerry NR5A: Cursed with Beacon Madness.
Echolink QSO with Mike, WA6ARA.
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SolderSmoke84.mp3 May 25, 2008 SPECIAL FDIM PROGRAM!!!!
Flying a glider over Circus Maximus
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W7ZOI/W7PUA Power Meter Calibration
Bifilar toroids in LTSpice. Help!
Variations in Type 43 Ferrite
Finding friends in old SPRATS
Beacon Madness hits I0/N2CQR
AA1TJ crosses the pond (really)
80 Meter DSB project (design first, build later!)
Bob, W8SX, interviews FDIM speakers!
MAILBAG:M0NDE, WB6NTL, ZS1I, NR5A, M0EEJ, ON6CSV
7J1AWL, KC0PET
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SolderSmoke83.mp3 May 11, 2008 Shortwave listening from the island of Ischia.
Chicago's old "Surplus Row."
New antenna yields trans-Atlantic DX!
SPRAT's minimalist MPF-102 rig.
SDR vs. HDR.
Dan's Small Parts.
LB Cebik SK.
AA1TJ's Zener Diode rigs discussed on Radio Havana Cuba.
Beacon project.
Design first, build later!
SPECIAL REPORT FROM OZARKCON!
MAILBAG: Scopes and distortion, Spectrum Analysers,
new kits, 30K lemons, FDIM
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SolderSmoke82.mp3 April 27, 2008 Tech details of AA1TJ April 1 beacon.
Thoreau, computers, and QRP.
The Knack and computer "repair."
Hardware Defined Radios (HDRs)
Farhan's inspirational head scratching.
Crude "spectrum analyzers" -- Mike makes Maker Blog.
WA5BDU's 60 Meter SSB Project.
My matching technique (exorcism completed).
30,000 lemons?
MAILBAG: Ideas for Gary KB9ZUV. Steve G0FUW and the
dreaded parabolic current. Chris GM4LYN and surface mount.
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SolderSmoke81.mp3 April 13, 2008 FORTY MILLION MILES PER WATT!!...??... :
April First and the Annual SolderSmoke Iron Pyrite Awards.
Heliography: Solar-powered UUUUUUUHF
Amplifiers and Exorcism; SWR meters as RF demon-detectors?
The latest SPRAT: Lemon batteries. Nails as RF controls!
Homebrew Hero: Tim Hulick, W9QQ, SK
MAILBAG: Jerry NR5A goes extraterrestrial.
Stan 9H1LO puts beacon on 28.224 Mhz. PLEASE LISTEN!
Jason KF6PQT flies to Hawaii with SolderSmoke.
Dan KF8Z suffers Knack relapse in Benton Harbor, Mich. (Duh!)
Gary KB9ZUV is blind, but wants to build. Can we help?
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SolderSmoke80.mp3 April 1, 2008 "The New American Amateur."
Tech Troubles: Tires, computer, clock, even a bad Dummy Load!
AA1TJ: Defintely NOT an Appliance Operator!
BANDSWEEP: AA1TJ's Tunnel Diode Beacon Received in Rome!
20 Meter Roman Roundtables. Using my W7ZOI/W7PUA meter.
MAILBAG: Greg in Finland converting CB rigs. Stanley 9H1LO in Malta.
Mark "MOJ" Johnson finds Jean Shepherd episode on THE KNACK.
Matt on MC1496 Balanced Modulator chips.
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SolderSmoke79.mp3 March 2, 2008 The beauty of a chirpy signal. Armstrong Solar Panel
movement. Babani book campaign? AM on 3705 in Europe.
ARRL HB Contest winners. BBC QSYs.
BANDSWEEP: G0KYA's SDR 40/80 receiver.
My meeting with IK0JNI (DSB rig in a Rome cafe).
MAILBAG: Frank VK2AKG on stealth ladder line. Kevin ZL3KE
on Q-11's demise. Gil NN4CW on monofilament. Farhan on Pat Hawker.
John G8SEQ on Q11. Seth W8FG on QRP-L group build. Wink WA8KOQ on
loading up rain gutters. Jim N8ESH spots Loan Ranger
(the cowboy, not the rig) in 1939 video.
Ramakrishnan VU3RDD moving to Singapore AND LOOKING FOR
A COPY OF SSDRA. PART IV of Echo-QSO with Ron Sparks, AG5RS.
in Dubai.
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SolderSmoke78.mp3 February 22, 2008 "In vain he prayed for percolation..."
More HW8 fun. "Hot Water Handbook." Q11? Using my UK HB Power Supply.
Tony Fishpool and Graham Firth's Test Gear Book.
A WA8MCQ corollary to Murphy's Law. 2-B retube.
DSB QSOs from Rome. A visit to the Rome radio club.
I0ZY and I0YR: Big Amps and Antennas!
The Florence (Firenze) Science Museum.
MAILBAG: W7ZOI on G3VA's "Technical Topics." WA7MLH's new videos.
Don K6WH on 30 gauge, mono-filament, and listening to SolderSmoke
at an African campsite under the Southern Cross.
Part III: Echo-QSO with Ron, AG5RS, in Dubai.
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SolderSmoke77.mp3 February 14, 2008 Back to QRP and CW! My 30 gauge antenna.
What happened to Q-11 in my HW-8? Drake 2-B re-tubing.
AA1TJ goes "All Tunnel Diode." Marconi's HUGE cap = 1.7 uF.
MAILBAG: John K7JM listens to Rome thunder in snowy Montana.
Randy K7AGE makes a HAARP Moonbounce video. Pete W6JFR on
Italian craftsmanship. Ramakrishnan VU3RDD notes that Tesla
had The Knack. Jorge Luis KI4SGU on turtles and cosmology.
ECHO-GUEST: Part II of our QSO with Randy AG5RS in Dubai.
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SolderSmoke76.mp3 February 4, 2008 On the air (HF) from Rome. Stealth antenna.
Fixing my HW 8. Recording of AA1TJ's Tunnel Diode Beacon.
A FB QST. Marconi's capacitor (with a quiz).
A Rome thunderstorm in the background.
MAILBAG: Aise 3D2AA homebrewing on Fiji. Rogier PA1ZZ's
California hassles. Jerry NR5A building tube gear in S.
Dakota. Niels PE1OIT in defense of DSB. Ramakrishnan
VU3RDD needs articles. ECHO-GUEST: Ron, AG5RS,
(a Knack sufferer) homebrews in Dubai, UAE.
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SolderSmoke75.mp3 January 27, 2008 "A Nonlinear History of Radio." Fessenden's mic.
Clustr Map. BANDSWEEP: Lunar Echoes at 6.7 MHz. Winter SPRAT.
HALO Balloon. AO-16 Satellite goes DSB. Calling CQ on Chinese
repeaters. MAILBAG: AA1TJ setting up Tunnel Diode beacon. Kevin,
M0KHZ builds in an 18th Century Shack. Steve, G0FUW, listens from
Ascension Island. Lars, OZ1CX, has THE KNACK.
WA7MLH Builds a Superhet on YouTube. Waza, VK2HDH, calls in
on Echolink. PART III: Andy, ZS6ADY, on Boatanchors in
South Africa. A SPECIAL ENDING: A 1979 song by Mike, KL7R.
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SolderSmoke74.mp3 January 18, 2008 Solar Cycle 24. First transistor QSO. Tunnel Diode
Madness. Rovers on Mars. SETI. BSEE in a can: EMRFD+LTSPICE+QRP-L.
Understanding mixers. Kipling's Afghan Heliographs. Tech Topics.
MAILBAG. Part II of Andy, ZS6ADY, Boatanchors QSO. KL7R SK.
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SolderSmoke73.mp3 January 2, 2008 SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S EDITION
AA1TJ's circuitry and poetry. Homemade tubes. Book Review:
"Early Radio" by Peter Jensen. The Vatican's antennas. Google Earth
flight simulator. Mixer madness continues (now in LTSpice). Mars-asteroid
collision? Bollywood: The BITX-20 connection. BANDSWEEP: Straight Key Night at
WA6ARA. ECHO-GUEST: Andy, ZS6ADY, South African Boatanchor fan. MAILBAG:
Jake N4UY(NOVA QRP), Steve G0FUE (Bath Build-a-thon), Nigel M0NDE
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SolderSmoke72.mp3 December 19, 2007 M0HBR's Bollywood debut. Alien hams. Blackboxophobia.
Solar power (in Rome and on Mars). TechShop. South Pole IT. Mixer madness.
The Radio Club of America. 200 Meters Index. Peter Dahl. MAILBAG: Al on
audio quality, WB2REW on Yogi Berra, W9ILF's tube type mp3 amp, G8SEQ's bad
case of "The Knack", N8XMS's "Curiosity Curse."
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SolderSmoke71.mp3 December 9, 2007 Copper clad as blank canvas, Understanding mixers,
Bookshelves and the fight against entropy, China listening?
Barebones superhet in Rome, Lead -- the new gold, 500kc trans-atlantic
QSOs (and some history), 3D model of Altoids tin, Italian space podcast,
MAILBAG: Shacks/Sheds: K5TAK on TechShop in Menlo Park, OH2FFY and
the Aussie shed movement in Finland.
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SolderSmoke70.mp3 November 26, 2007 Iraq back on the air. Curie engine. Surfer GUT.
Fleming's valve. NYC goes AC. Hayward Damm article in QST. Fixing
a Heath O'scope. Radio Row. Arecibo in danger. SolderSmoke Google
Gadget. Mailbag: From Dhaka to Brussels. IZ0BNW's Rome coffee secrets.
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SolderSmoke69.mp3 November 14, 2007 Drake 2B repair, Frequency Measuring Test,
Guy Fawkes, No sunspots, Simple Sideband and straws from McDonald's,
CBer stealing volts from NYC subway, Australia's Shed (Shack!)movement,
Ham makes major medical breakthrough. MAIL: G4WIF, M0NDE, 2E0BIX, G0BON,
K7AGE
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SolderSmoke68.mp3 November 4, 2007 Bill's B'day, First Italian QSO (with clip),
The N3ZI Special, Cuban Islander SSB rig, SatNav, Nanotube radio,
Fall SPRAT: Pine resin, Messages from Wes and Roger Hayward,
MAILBAG: Digital Gong, Comet 17P Holms, Letter from ZL, IZ0BNW/1
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SolderSmoke67.mp3 October 28, 2007 Dino Dig, train ride, balloon launch. Radio
in Rome. Audio efforts. Sputnik. Moore's law. On to Mars!
1939 Video. SSB Islander? ARRL HB Challenge? Search Engine for
Parts. MAILBAG: Alan VK2ZAY building antennas, Eric NM5M building
converters, Claus OZ1LQB on EU regs and solder, Scott -- listening
in Iraq.
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SolderSmoke66.mp3 October 13, 2007 FROM ROME! Getting settled. Summer adventures.
New shack. Meeting W7ZOI in San Diego. The speed of dark? Iron
Pyrite. Wireless kids. Noise cancelling headphones. MAILBAG:
Dennis OX3UR listening from Greenland, Gary VK2KYP, Paolo F5VMJ on
on NASA and tin whiskers, Mike WA6ARA listening (with Zen)
in the high Sierras.
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SolderSmoke65.mp3 July 1, 2007 Alexanderson Day. Report from Friedrichshafen.
Ole Romer, Hippolyte Fizzeau and the speed of light.
Zen, toroids, QST, and the joy of homebrewing.
BOOM! Ramakrishnan's RFI disappears in a flash! (Again!)
BANDSWEEP: Jason, NT7S, lets us listen to 40 CW on Field Day
with his homebrew Tualatin rig of FDIM fame.
MAILBAG: K8VU tells of Rick Campbell's envious thoughts on the
Drake 2-B. VK3HN on Zen and Motorcycle Maintenance, quiet bands
in VK. KA9OOI tells us when he got The Knack.
MOHBR SIGNS OFF FROM LONDON -- Summer travel plans. On to Rome.
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SolderSmoke64.mp3 June 24, 2007 Feynman uses ham radio. Mr. Wizard: WANTED!
P/S project completed. More Wabi Sabi. Field Day memories.
DX listeners. Studying Italian on Echolink. Getting ready
to go. MAILBAG: K2CK, NN4CW, MM station...
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SolderSmoke63.mp3 June 17, 2007 "Shop Class as Soulcraft." AmateurLogic TV goes
to Dayton. My power supply goof-up. Good Causes: SETI and
Geek Corps. Mr. Wizard. Bandsweep segment: G0KYA's Rockmite.
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SolderSmoke62.mp3 June 10, 2007 WHY WE BUILD: Opposable thumbs and soldering
irons. 'Scopes, bandwidth, and clean sigs. Power Supply
project: The Soul of A New Machine. Mississippi Oscillations.
My Wabi-Sabi shack. Metal work. NEW FEATURE: CLUB TALK --
a visit to the meeting of the New South Wales Homebrew Group.
MAILBAG: Steve, WN0PWK. Dov, AD0V. Seth, W8FG. Dennis, KC0IFQ.
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SolderSmoke61.mp3 June 3, 2007 Farhan's new blog. More AGC. Ramakrishnan's RFI.
SolderSmoke returns to 2X QSO mode: Echolink interview with
Jim, N5SPE, of AmateurLogic TV: Origins of Amateur Logic TV.
"The Knack" hits Mississippi. Kick-plates as radio cabinets.
Visit to Dayton. Encounter with the Haywards.
Building a W7ZOI power meter. Milton Keynes
BITX80 club build. The dangers of molten solder.
Getting oscillators to oscillate.
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SolderSmoke60.mp3 May 27, 2007 Tesla, Google, the Elser-Mathes cup, SolderSmoke.
AGC (Automatic Gong Control). Free Tech Books. WIKI-ZOI. Noise
and the W7ZOI power meter. LA3PNA designing DC receiver with
AD831 chip. Kanga Special on EMRFD. New Video: Huge Tesla Coils.
MORE DAYTON FDIM INTERVIEWS: Jeff, K8GD, winner of homebrew
contest. Eric Swartz, WA6HHQ, of Elecraft TALKS ABOUT THE K3.
John, WB8RCR, on micros, Dayton, and seeing old friends.
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SolderSmoke59.mp3 May 20, 2007 Kindred spirits on QRP-L. Fredbox on 2 meter AM.
New videos. Hewlett, Packard, Garages and Terman. LV Blake.
SPECIAL REPORT FROM DAYTON: INTERVIEWS WITH G0BPS, G3MFJ, G3RJV,
K8IQY and W7ZOI! MAILBAG: W9HAU, NC0O, WD5DZG on source for low
value resistors. Scott Haley on thermal noise and the ZOI power meter.
The need for SolderSmoke correspondents at other summer radio events.
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SolderSmoke58.mp3 May 13, 2007 Ham radio brotherhood: ST2NH, homebrewing in Khartoum.
W7ZOI power meter completed and calibrated. Homebrewing good for the soul.
Crystal receivers on HF. Basic Stamps on "24."
HELP WANTED: SOLDERSMOKE SEEKS DAYTON/FDIM CORRESPONDENT!
Book Review: "From Crystal Sets to Sideband" by Frank Harris.
MAILBAG: AC7FA, N8ET, M1CNK
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SolderSmoke57.mp3 May 6, 2007 Destined to build a W7ZOI RF power meter. And a current
limited P/S. BANDSWEEP: 20 Meter HB DSB QSO with Rolf, SM4FQW.
WEB NEWS: FMLA articles posted, SolderSmoke makes Wikipedia. New Videos:
Flying motorcycle, Summits-on-the-air. BOOK REVIEW: Feynman fixes radios.
MAILBAG: KF4TQJ, KB9JLO, G3XBM (uses xtal receiver on 80 meters), ON4AW
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SolderSmoke56.mp3 April 29, 2007 Stephen Hawking. Hams rebuild Apollo antenna. BANDSWEEP:
Listen to Moonbounce. Elser-Mathes Trophy (Don't miss out!).
Tesco $10 HTs and the FMLA. My weird power supply. Why no feedback in
finals? Major updates to Gadgeteer News and SolderSmoke video pages.
MAILBAG: Mayfair Resistor Mystery solved by AA2VK. Parts donated by
LA3PNA. KD5NJR on Tim Ferris book. Alan Yates on P/S project.
CT1EFL on "AWESOME" soldering.
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SolderSmoke55.mp3 April 22, 2007 Solar minimum. Meteor shower. Plasma deflector shields.
Homopolar Motors. How SWR meters work. "The Club Saver" 2 meter rig. Testing
air variable caps. Building traps (for animals, not antennas!)
The Mystery Resistor of Mayfair. P/S problems.
BANDSWEEP: India's HAMSAT over California.
M0HBR rejected by Bollywood.
MAILBAG: WA6ARA, K4BVL, Scott Haley, W2MY, LA3PNA
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SolderSmoke54.mp3 April 16, 2007 Hamfest report. Interview with Tony Fishpool of G-QRP.
Book Review: "Simple Test Gear for the QRPer." Paul Lauterbur, inventor.
California balloon launch. Homebrew or Home BREW? Frank Jones and the
FMLA. MAILBAG: SSB projects, wearing out copies of SSDRA.
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SolderSmoke53.mp3 April 8, 2007 Happy Easter! Anti-Soldering legislation -- NOTE THE DATE!
Mike's article appears in I-QRP. SPRAT 130 review. Salute to Gus Taylor,
G8PG. Soldering iron review: Elenco SL5. Workbench report: Balanced
Modulator. ECHOLINK ANTICS. Bandsweep: A visit to 30 meters, with a
demonstration of the famed "Q multiplier." MAILBAG: LA3PNA, N1VWD,
KF6HQC
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SolderSmoke52.mp3 April 1, 2007 Excelsior! Jean Shepherd's stories about ham radio.
Legislation to ban hobbyist soldering. History of LTSpice. Workbench
update. SPECIAL GUEST EDITION OF BANDSWEEP: A satellite pass over M0DHP.
MAILBAG: Using an AM radio to interfere with the Chicago White Sox.
SolderSmoke in 1930.
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SolderSmoke51.mp3 March 25, 2007 Moj's e-music. AmateurLogicTV#12. PiccoZ Helo. WA7MLH's site.
1.6 Mhz IF as a transmitter trick. Chinese listeners? .rss files fixed. My
evolving HB,Class A, feedback amp, CW, .5W transmitter.
BANDSWEEP: On 17 meter SSB with EA8EQ. MAILBAG: Pete, W6JFR, describes a
realworld troubleshooting problem. Arv, K7HKL, updates on BITX20 kits.
Thomas, LA3PNA, describes current projects.
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SolderSmoke50.mp3 March 18, 2007 New homebrew theme music. Born in IGY. Vernal Equinox.
Inspirational e-mail on BITX20. BITX20 kit development. BASIC Stamp
video. RSS problems. Antipodal map tool. Ferrites in rock tumblers?
BANDSWEEP: 20 meters on an HW-8. MAILBAG: Lasers and highway nets.
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SolderSmoke49.mp3 March 11,2007 SPRAT! New Videos, including a rap video about UHF rovers! Fixing
an old laptop. Itunes problems. Bookstore. Special "remote" edition of BANDSWEEP.
MAILBAG: greggW's BFO solution (at age 8)
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SolderSmoke48.mp3 March 4, 2007 Lunar Eclipse. Feedback amps in LTSpice. 17 Meter HB SSB QSO w EA8EQ.
Video recommendations. Dilbert's "Knack."
New Feature: BANDSWEEP - Hear how the bands sound from London. MAILBAG: W6JFR,
M1KTA, gregW (soon to be OH2???), KB0ADD, KK6CB.
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SolderSmoke47.mp3 February 25, 2007. Three cheers for K1RFD. Steve Weber's Tiny SSB rig. BITX20 kit.
BITX20 videos. Liquid Oxygen. How to make a bad solder joint in LTSpice.
Lasers for gadgeteers and for pets. Camping in the Science Museum. 17 SSB.
On 20 with an HW-8. QRSS software. MAILBAG: Ramakrishnan's RFI problems SUDDENLY
disappear. Bob Scott. KA4BLS. KF4LMZ. KG6QQR. AI4QQ. VE3SP. G1HDQ. WD5DZG. WA4YHL
WV7G. VK2ZAY. VE5AEA.
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SolderSmokeKL7R.mp3 February 4, 2007
About the tragic loss of our friend Mike Caughran, KL7R.
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SolderSmoke46.mp3 January 13, 2007. Mike's oscillator work. Michigan Mighty Mite. Lasers, diodes,
and Einstein. Laser communication experiment. W7ZOI-KL7R QSO on SKN.
M0HBR's feedback amps.
The new comet. Saturn, Jupiter and calculation of c. 17 meter QSOs. New SPRAT CD.
MAILBAG: China enigma, VE4KEH, M0DAD, GU0SUP, M1CNK, K4AHU, KD4EDM, KG9DK, AA6KI,
VA7AT ON5EX
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SolderSmoke45.mp3 December 30, 2006. SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S/STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT EDITION. SolderSmoke CW.
Crystal Radios With Fool's Gold detectors. Mike's oscillator experiment with
use of kitchen temperature sensor. Christmas gifts: r/c planes and helicopters,
FM transmitter, Amateur Scientist CD, lab notebooks. MAILBAG: Hello to listeners
in China, and mail from G0FUW, VE4KEH, K5LXP, AmateurLogic TV guys,
Mike in Panama City.
SolderSmoke44.mp3 December 16, 2006. New soldering station. LTSpice-videocasts. More on return loss.
Minimalist radio. Crystal radio. Three cheers for: Elecraft, K1EL, QST. Small FM
transmitters for MP3s. New PC Sats. Antikitheria Mechanism. Merry Christmas!
MAILBAG: M1CNR, AL7RV, WA4YHL, KG4ENB
SolderSmoke43.mp3 December 9, 2006 LP filters. Feedback. Return loss calc. Exploring Titan.
London tornado. Maxwell's equations. TRS 80. Name-that-Noise.
Book: "Gonzo Gizmos." MAILBAG: AK9N, N2NLY,
Ramakrishnan.
SolderSmoke42.mp3 December 2, 2006. Mike's EMRFD-LTSpice-Workbench amplifier lessons.
Fixing hamfest P/S.
Rick's transmitter in QST. Name that noise. Superconductivity and r/c plane
videos.
MAILBAG: G4CWX goes round-the-world with SolderSmoke, and KI4SGU dubs SolderSmoke
"The Mythbusters of Ham Radio"
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SolderSmoke41.mp3 November 28, 2006. Bill's antenna spotted by Google Earth. Homebrew tubes.
Return to 17 meter HB sideband. Michigan kid builds fusion device. New videos.
New web sites. LTSpice/YouTube mashup. New: GADGETEERNEWS.
MAILBAG: G4CWX, VE4KEH, WB8ICN
SolderSmoke40.mp3 November 19, 2006. Rally Report.73 mag from 70's. Mike's HB woes. Saturn returns.
Leonids.AmateurLogic TV. MAILBAG: VU3RDD, WA6ARA, M0AYF, NE1OB, Reg Lancaster.
SolderSmoke39.mp3 November 12, 2006 Kempton Park Rally (Hamfest). QRSS -- more tolerant than
once thought! Class C amps and saturation. Practical Wireless goes DSB.
Wireless Range Extender working.
Mike's power supply. 73 Magazine. Mailbag: M0AYF, G0FUW, G4KKI, WA7MLH, WJ2V
SolderSmoke38.mp3 November 5, 2006 Guy Fawkes Day. Da Vinci's notebooks. r/c plane with
gyro camera.
LTSpice's thermocouple. Ocean State Electronics. Mike's power supply.
QRSS. Bill's
struggle with Class C amp design. WA7MLH in SSDRA. Other podcasts.
Long Delayed Echoes.
99Hobbies.com. WiFi encryption. Mailbag: KG9DK, M0JQZ, KF4LMZ, AA2VK
SolderSmoke37.mp3 October 29, 2006 Mike's homebrew manual spectrum analyzer. Bill's Class A,
no-feedback amplifier design project. LTSpice, DSB, AM, IMD and SPLATTER.
HW-101 clutch repair and oil change. Owning two copies of SSDRA - moral issues?
Wireless Range Extenders. Mailbag.
SolderSmoke36.mp3 October 22, 2006 Mike's return loss bridge. Learning amp design, LTSpice
software in EMRFD, input/output impedance, Harry SM0VPO's site, aurora, making
hydrogen, Mike's bookmarks, Book review: iWoz by Steve Wozniak.
SolderSmoke35.mp3 October 14, 2006 Misc. projects, crystal radios with galena, homebrew tubes,
homebrew CPUs, muffin fan hovercraft, MTP3055V vs. IRF510, EMRFD,
learning to design, YouTube videos.
SolderSmoke34.mp3 October 7,2006
Interview with Ashhar Farhan, Indian homebrewer
and father of the famed BITX-20 transceiver. HB in India EMRFD.
W7ZOI influence. Hans Summers. Quadrature rigs. DSB and PSK31.
Homebrew test gear. The importance of measurement, Tektronix scope.
Homebrew heartaches. Homebrew spirit. Symmetry.
SolderSmoke33.mp3 Sept 30, 2006
Care packages. QST Homebrew Challenge rule change.
Phasing/Quadrature SSB generation. 2 chip receivers.
Smoke management in electronics. SBL2 receiver frontend.
Gadgeteer video page.
SolderSmoke32.mp3 Sept 16, 2006
HW101 FT101 Hybrid Rigs. BNC and RCA phono connectors.
Changing the clutch and oil on an HW101.
Third order intercept rules of thumb.
Modular circuit boards. Babbage difference engine.
Hardware to crack enigma. Bills video of his DSB rig.
SolderSmoke31.mp3 Sept 04, 2006
Heathkit VTVM. QRSS. Radio Jove. Jupiter/IO laser.
HF interferometer http://yasi.fringes.org.
Kootie Key. SM0VPO's website. RF green thumb vs
dead chickens. Homebrew Wifi antennas.
KL7R's bookmarks and new shack photo.
PG1N's website. QEX article on "Why antennas radiate."
SolderSmoke30.mp3 August 20, 2006
Completed Motley1 Schematic. Steve Weber's IRF510 amp.
30M QRSS receiver. Wildlife in downtown London.
QST-50 challenge. BITX 20/ McGuiver Radio.
Reverse sunspot/SolarMin.
HelioSeismology. Solar Music. SPRAT SBL1's.
Sounds from Jupiter and the JOVE project.
The first homebrewers.
Video Bang-a-gong.
SolderSmoke29.mp3
A PC board box for Bill's FET final
Richard Feynman video clip
Mike's amazing Octopus oscilloscope aid
Another plea for graphics help (SS logo)
Overcoming podcast tech difficulties
SolderSmoke.com new website.
FIRST EVER SolderSmoke EM wave poetry from The Moody Blues
SolderSmoke Mailbag: Tony Fishpool and the GQRP club
SolderSmoke28.mp3
SPRAT Ceramic Oscillator article
Tin whiskers and lead free solder
QST's $50 rig design challenge
Class C amps: Saturation required?
Solder Smoke's LOGO DESIGN challenge
FB QSO on 20 DSB with SM4FQW
Slow Speed QRP (QRSS)
WebShots, YouTube
MAILBAG: K8WDE, KA6VKP, WB8ICN, VK2KYP, KK7CC
SolderSmoke27.mp3
Computer woes. Bill's visit to the Dominican Republic.
Building Xtal oscillator with kid.
Book Reviews: "The Art of Electronics" "The Electronics of Radio"
Ether and Quantum Mechanincs, Tao of Physics
SolderSmoke Mailbag: Nigel in Dover, Mike WA6AWA, Matt KC8COM
SolderSmoke26.mp3
Mike's backyard QRP operations
Fishing pole antennas - Bill goes vertical
D-104 use on internet
Live (recorded) Audio from Bill's DSB rig
Scott Sled Kites, Kite Aerial Photography
Destroying perfectly good ham gear
ZL1VK in NZ carries SolderSmoke
SolderSmoke25.mp3
Bill puts Astatic D-104 on ECHOLINK
Mike's 80 mtr DSB rig becomes transceiver!
Mike's two chip EMRFD NE602-LM386 receiver
The rewards of homebrewing
SolderSmoke24.mp3
This week: Two-Tone Test mp3 file. Review online book "crystal sets to sideband".
Doubly rockbound SSB TX. HF Packer SlimGem amps. Push Pull IRF510 Mosfet amps.
W1FB 40 db wide band general purpose amp. HF amplifier degeneration.
HF+6M diplexer.
SolderSmoke23.mp3
Two amateur radio experimentors discuss workbench radio projects.
This week: Taming HF amp self-oscillation. Output broadband transformers.
DSB transmit on both usb and lsb at the same time. Adjusting LSB ladder filters.
The "SSB advantage" vs the "CW advantage". Satellite Oscar 52.
Using jet wings as topband and magic band passive reflectors.
SolderSmoke22.mp3
Two amateur radio experimenters discuss workbench radio projects.
This week: How to get more than a watt out of a 12volt/50ohm amplifier.
Wb7aei lowpass filters. Passive and active mixers. The binaural receiver.
UK vs US hamfests.
SolderSmoke21.mp3
This week: First Light for QRP rigs. Final amplifier voodoo.
Quantum mechanical necromancy. Ne612 carrier balance.
Transmitter lowpass filters. The sweet sound of DC receivers.
Slinky verticals. LC tuners, TiddlyWiki, VMWare and AFUKnoppix.
SolderSmoke20.mp3
Two amateur radio experimenters discuss workbench radio projects.
This week: 80 meter qrp ssb and dsb transciever circuits.
SolderSmoke19.mp3
Two amateur radio experimenters discuss workbench radio projects.
This week: Easter edition. Experimenter vs Tinkerer. NTP3055v FET amp.
Apr 2006 Bacon Bits. Ham radio software. Soundcard software.
IQ receivers with soundcard software. MMANA. 4nec2.
Michigan Mitey Mite Transmitter.
SolderSmoke18.mp3
Two amateur radio experimenters discuss workbench radio projects.
This week: New Bench and Shack wiring.
Using a hot screwdriver as a soldering iron. VW solar panels.
Class AB Amps. Saturn's watery moon. Mars Recon Rover.
The next SolarMax. Heliosismology.
Aurora in NY. DX during a solarmax on the Azores.
SolderSmoke17.mp3
Two amateur radio experimenters discussing workbench radio projects.
This week K1 receiver/receivers in general.
The "feel" of programming languages/rigs. NE602 Spice model.
Blue sun. Green flash. Receivers made from tooth filling detectors.
Ejection seat HF radios. Saturn. Book review: "Technical Topics".
Websites of the week: www.theregister.co.uk, www.spaceweather.com.
Cracking Enigma. SETI at home.
SolderSmoke16.mp3
Two ham radio operators discuss workbench radio projects.
This week: Desitin as heatsink compound and bottom paint.
Supermodulation. Mixers / ne602 spice models. Soldersmoke in space.
Website review: revver.
SolderSmoke15.mp3
This Week: SuitSat. Jupiter's moons. Back yard telescopes.
Trip to Pluto. TimeDomain Reflectometer. KX1 high power mod.
DC-DC converters. Good Jobs. Movie Review: "The Dish".
Book Review: "First Light".
SolderSmoke14.mp3
This week: curry toast and tea. Satellite tracking and worried neighbors.
Stardust probe. Whale on the Thames river. HCJB. Soundcard Modes.
SolderSmoke13.mp3
This issue: Happy New Year 2006, Transisistor RF amp design using Spice and
spreadsheets. Multistage amplifier feedback mechanisms. PopCorn QRP.
Burning DVDs. MP3 Players. Online and published technical magazines.
The value vs price of technical publications. Experimental Methods.
The 2006 Handbook. Solid State Design.
SolderSmoke12.mp3
This week Dobsonian reflector telescopes.
Class A amplifier design spice vs spreadsheet.
Christmas.
SolderSmoke11.mp3
Two amateur radio experimenters discussing workbench radio projects.
This week: PIC Pong. Coax Traps. Solar powered QRP.
SolderSmoke10.mp3
This week "Einstein's Heroes" - PCB prototyping -
Atmel butterfly - respect for those who do with less.
SolderSmoke9.mp3
This week - Mars Rovers - nano wattmeter - xtal radios - QRP news
SolderSmoke8.mp3
Discussions between two ham radio operators/experimentors
about projects we have currently on our benches.
SolderSmoke7.mp3
Discussions between two ham radio operators/experimentors
about projects we have currently on our benches.
SolderSmoke6.mp3
Ham radio discussions of RF projects that are on our benches.
SolderSmoke5.mp3
Binaural Receiver Crystal ladder filters. 17m DSB xcvr
SolderSmoke4.mp3
This issue : ladder filters, binaural receiver, test equipment
SolderSmoke3.mp3
This issue: "rubbering" ceramic resonators and
the "DC to Daylight binaural receiver"
SolderSmoke2.mp3
Discussions between two amateur radio experimenters about
what is currently on our benches.
SolderSmoke1.mp3
Tech talk between two radio amateurs.
Bill in London and Mike in Juneau meet on the ECHOLINK
VoIP system and discuss their homebrew radio projects.
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