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“SolderSmoke — Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics”
Month: November 2010
“She built her own oscilloscope at age 14.” Homebrew Hero: Tatjana Van Vark
AJ8T sent me the link to the web site of this, our latest Homebrew Hero. I don’t think she is a ham, but Tatjana definitely has The Knack. Check out that workmanship. The range of the projects is also quite astounding. It is so impressive that I really found myself questioning whether this could be for real. But it is.
When you look at the Enigma-like coding machine, note the cryptological challenge at the bottom. Tatjana won’t release the tech details of this project until someone cracks the encrypted Haiku! Go for it!
SolderSmoke Podcast #127
SolderSmoke #127 has been released! Get it here:
http://www.soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke127.mp3
Topics covered:
Linux Ubuntu and Audio Quality.
Karmic Koala makes you EVEN YOUNGER
Reverse Culture shock, Woodpeckers, and the Washington METRO system
The smell of an old HT-37
75 meter AM
DaVinci Code QRSS rig on the air
Cul-de-sac astronomy with TWO telescopes
READING: SPRATS, Hot Iron, Sky Buddies, Wired
Jeri Ellsworth’s homebrew transistors
Tatjana Van Vark’s homebrew Enigma-like machine
MAILBAG
Antenna work and hamfests on the horizon
Homebrew Transistors!
None of those store-bought parts for Jeri Ellsworth! Once again she makes us all look like a bunch of pathetic appliance operators. I like the “harvesting of Germanium” from a 1N34. And I found very interesting her comment about “early hobbyists” cracking open 1N34’s and turning them into transistors by adding phosphor-bronze collectors.
This all makes me want to fire up my Fool’s Gold crystal radio. WFAX is right down the road…
BTW: I’m very pleased to report that Jeri is currently reading “SolderSmoke — Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics.” I hope she likes it. She definitely has “The Knack.”
SolderSmoke Podcast 127 is almost ready.