It is great to hear that Tim Hunkins is producing this new series. It looks like it will be largely about “know-how” — about what we’d call “tribal knowledge.”
Month: March 2021
The SolderSmoke Team Talks to the River City Amateur Radio Communication Society (Video)
Pete and I had a great time speaking to this really nice California ham radio club (video of the event appears above). Special thanks to club president Dr. Carol Milano, MD. Wow, what an impressive person and ham radio operator she is: https://www.qsl.net/kp4md/#New%20York
This club is doing a group build of a version of the famed Tuna Tin Two. I mentioned that I had held the original TTT in my hands, and that Rex Harper had conducted a “Mojo Transfer Ceremony” that imparted TTT Mojo to my BITX17 transceiver (which was also discussed). I promised to share the video of that momentous event. Here it is: https://youtu.be/9RZRaFUtTcc
Thanks to Carol and the members of the RCARCS. This was a lot of fun.
A Frequency Counter for the Hodgepodge — An Analog Solution to a Digital Problem
Imagine my dismay when I discovered that I could not use my $5 San Jian PLJ6-LED frequency counter with my Hodgepodge transceiver. The problem is described here:
This video describes my solution. I took some pleasure in using an analog solution to solve a very digital problem. I know this could have been fixed with one or two changes to lines of code, but I liked doing it this way. This was all kind of fun, and it allowed me to use yet another bit of circuitry that was sitting idle in the shack. That is the whole point of the Hodgepodge project.
The best is yet to come. Especially for those of you who like waterfalls…. Stay tuned.
Novice Rig Roundup — This Year in Memory of Bry AF4K
Bry was a good guy and one of our sponsors. RIP OM. And the Novice Rig Roundup was his thing.