SolderSmoke Podcast #153 is available for download:
http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke153.mp3
June 22, 2013
Manassas Hamfest
Building a Balanced Modulator in LTSpice
Peter Parker’s Minimalist SDR receiver
Alberto I2PHD’s SDRadio program
My Arduous Arduino Adventure: Sig Generator
MAR-1 amplifier chip
WSPRing again (the sound of WSPR)
Broadening my Barebones Superhet for phone
Cliff Stoll on Kludge vs. Kluge
FDIM INTERVIEWS:
G3RJV on one and done projects, Sodder vs. SoLder, Regens
G3VTT plays SolderSmoke for his students
NM0S on new Four States PTO rig
K0NEB on kit building techniques
NH6Z on high performance SDR
KK7B on hard rock rigs, modular construction and understanding
I2RTF Saluti a tutti!
W7EL on EZNEC, Dilbert, and escaping the Cube Farm
W1REX on QRP as a creative outlet, Knack to the Max!
BOB CRANE, W8SX
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Hi there, Nice one Bill! Perhaps you should do some more interviews? W1REX was fab. Perhaps you can get Mr AA1TJ to talk techie! Incidentally, if you are still looking for a bit more power here (http://www.g4jnt.com/Linear_LF_PA3.pdf) is a nice easy circuit for you. regards Stephen Walters G7VFY
Good ‘cast. Great audio from FDIM, too. Bill N5AB
Really enjoyed your podcast Bill. Good value interviews. Regarding one guest’s comment about Softrock kits and difficulties with their construction process: Softrock provide excellent step-by-step-and-test guidelines when putting a kit together. This means each step is tested before continuing with the next. Softrock can’t do anything about the over-enthusiastic maker (like me) who put the whole kit together and THEN find it doesn’t work! 73 ~ John ~ ZL1AZS
Hey Bill – these SMT/PCB terms will send a shudder down your spine: http://www.solder.net/technical-info/smt-terms John ~ ZL1AZS
An interesting discussion of the pronunciation of “Solder” http://www.languagehat.com/archives/001382.php
Just listening to the podcast when the letterbox clunked. SPRAT 155 on the doormat! Great episode as usual, thanks Bill.