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SolderSmoke Podcast #110

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June 21, 2009
Day trips in Lazio and Tuscany
My SSSSSolder SSSSSSMoke SSSS problem
Crystal Radios pick up heavenly Gregorian chants…
… regen picks up screeches from somewhere else
Speech processing for DSB?
I0ZY’s linear amplifiers
Book Review: “The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments” by George Johnson
MAILBAG (including an update from Dover)

SolderSmoke Podcast #107

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On SolderSmoke 107:

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Get it here: SolderSmoke: A Global Adventure in Radio Electronics

Orbits II reborn via a VK6 junkbox
NA5N's Amazing Atlanticon 2002 article
WSPR madness:
20 mw across the Atlantic.
K1JT picks up my sigs
WSPR generates interest on Hack-A-Day
Linux: Ubuntu gets SolderSmoke Thumbs-up
Somerset Supper Report
Diode Ring Mixers
Solar conditions
AA1TJ, Chloroform, and HB transistors
ET's rig
Have fun at FDIM!
MAILBAG

SolderSmoke 103: Piper Cubs and MFJ Cubs


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In the SolderSmoke 103 Podcast:
15 March 2009
Beware the Ides of March!
Ostia Beach and Ostia Antica
248 Knights of QRSS. And Wizards!
ET Phones Home (with QRSS?)
Possible new grabbers in VK6 and Dubai
Telescope, Satellites...
REAL QRP QSOs on 80 and 40
Saving an old Toshiba Laptop
ECHO-QSO WITH JEFF, KO7M:
-- Piper Cubs and MFJ Cubs
-- Satellite QSOs
-- LT Spice and test gear
MAILBAG:
Gene W3PM listens from QE2, HB WSPR rig
Jim AL7V sending parts for my W3PM rig
Jim AB3CV's color burst Gnat
Jason NT7S on Tektronix guys and SolderSmoke
Kevin ZL3KE on old computers
Paul M1CNK's DDS 30-based QRSS beacon
Soeren OZ2DAK on exercise bikes to power beacons

SolderSmoke Podcast #102

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In SolderSmoke 102:

In the shadow of Vesuvius…
…then back to the “laboratorio.”
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QRSS musings:
1 transistor for transmit, 100 million for receive.
We need a low tech beacon generator — maybe mechanical clock driven?
QRSS on “Hack-A-Day.”
VK2ZAY QRSS booms into Europe.
Soul in the New Machine: Billy’s oscillator.
ON5EX’s grabber on SolderSmoke blog.
Italians at the forefront of QRSS.
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T-shirt news: “Menus are for restaurants!”
“QRSS Ops Do it Very Slowly”
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Using iGoogle for ham radio.
USENET is going strong!
Back on Echolink.
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Minimalist Radio:
The Gnat! The NS-40!
I add a second transistor to my ET-1 (and hang my head in shame).
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MAILBAG:
Jim, AL7RV, developing smoke generator for LTSpice.
Randy, K7AGE, sent Empire of the Air video — Thanks!
Jim, K9JM, prescribes higher Q for regen rx. “Never will be a 2B!”
Rye, K9LCJ, “Low Space Means Fine Teletype.”
Alan, W2AEW, Listens to SS while on the road with Tektronix.
Dave, W8NF, “Armstrong, A Man of High Fidelity.” Indeed.
Mark reports W7ZOI releases new EMRFD software.
Jonathan, KB1KIX, Shep fan, has good Smith Chart stuff on his blog.
Jerry, NR5A, building a QRSS beacon.
George, K8VU, Dilbert has “utter social ineptitude.”
David, VK6DI, moving East.
Paul, K3PG, took Willamette project on ski trip.
Steve, WA0PWK, Gil cartoon about Wes.
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