SolderSmoke Podcast #151 is available.
http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke151.mp3
April 1, 2013
Topics:
— Spring not yet sprung
— Dominican nostalgia wave hits SolderSmoke HQ
— Rebuild of my first transmitter
— Dusting off the Barebones Superhet
— SolderSmoke Book Corner:
Ben Franklin by Walter Issacson
How Arthur C. Clarke handled his Mailbag
“The New Cool” Dean Kamen’s house/shack
Transistor Radios by Ronald Quan
— New SolderSmoke Advertising Campaign
— QRP vs. QRO:
Put 40 milliwatt “Shark Fin” QRSS rig on the air
Being lured into QRO amp construction projects
— Reverse Beacon Network
— Looking for my Elmer (or his son)
— MAILBAG
Our book: “SolderSmoke — Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics” http://soldersmoke.com/book.htm Our coffee mugs, T-Shirts, bumper stickers: http://www.cafepress.com/SolderSmoke Our Book Store: http://astore.amazon.com/contracross-20
Not only did they put your commercial on WWV and WWVH, but also on WWVB! That is right, SolderSmoke has gone IRIG-H! I don’t know how they manged to klooge it, but wristwatches that rely on that signal are now showing “Solder Smoke”.
Hey I really am hearing commercials on WWV! Check out this mp3: click here.
There’s an audio interview with Ron Quan here: http://www.theamphour.com/the-amp-hour-133-tenacious-transistor-teacher/ He talks about his book from about 64 minutes in. Alan G0RWB