{"id":1674,"date":"2009-03-01T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2009\/03\/01\/soldersmoke-podcast-102\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:56:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T01:56:52","slug":"soldersmoke-podcast-102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2009\/03\/01\/soldersmoke-podcast-102\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke Podcast #102"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjqxW-UrOxexsTXNK7-Ce3sALqd2MlIxgzEbLzr5jGT8Qxz9pRjoQOQjYDqyW_mrFnzeYZaEPyBKFasUnjfBD8ufWp1VbPBOtQ11bLjMDarsfk_ummh5gKEmzsW6Ev3X8EzBmmrMSQzrv8\/s1600-h\/vesuvius.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/vesuvius.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308209083124585602\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>For the podcast go to:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldersmoke.com\/\">http:\/\/www.soldersmoke.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the new SolderSmoke Store:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/SolderSmoke\">http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/SolderSmoke<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" >In SolderSmoke 102: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">In the shadow of Vesuvius&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8230;then back to the &#8220;laboratorio.&#8221; <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">QRSS musings:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">1 transistor for transmit, 100 million for receive.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">We need a low tech beacon generator &#8212; maybe mechanical clock driven?<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">QRSS on &#8220;Hack-A-Day.&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">VK2ZAY QRSS booms into Europe. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Soul in the New Machine: Billy&#8217;s oscillator.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">ON5EX&#8217;s grabber on SolderSmoke blog.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Italians at the forefront of QRSS.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">T-shirt news: &#8220;Menus are for restaurants!&#8221; <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;QRSS Ops Do it Very Slowly&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Using iGoogle for ham radio. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">USENET is going strong! <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Back on Echolink.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Minimalist Radio:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The Gnat! The NS-40! <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">I add a second transistor to my ET-1 (and hang my head in shame). <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MAILBAG: <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jim, AL7RV, developing smoke generator for LTSpice.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Randy, K7AGE, sent Empire of the Air video &#8212; Thanks!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jim, K9JM, prescribes higher Q for regen rx. &#8220;Never will be a 2B!&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Rye, K9LCJ, &#8220;Low Space Means Fine Teletype.&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Alan, W2AEW, Listens to SS while on the road with Tektronix.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Dave, W8NF, &#8220;Armstrong, A Man of High Fidelity.&#8221; Indeed. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mark reports W7ZOI releases new EMRFD software.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jonathan, KB1KIX, Shep fan, has good Smith Chart stuff on his blog. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jerry, NR5A, building a QRSS beacon. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">George, K8VU, Dilbert has &#8220;utter social ineptitude.&#8221; <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">David, VK6DI, moving East.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Paul, K3PG, took Willamette project on ski trip.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Steve, WA0PWK, Gil cartoon about Wes.<\/span><br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the podcast go to:http:\/\/www.soldersmoke.com For the new SolderSmoke Store:http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/SolderSmoke In SolderSmoke 102: In the shadow of Vesuvius&#8230;&#8230;then back to the &#8220;laboratorio.&#8221; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-QRSS musings:1 transistor for transmit, 100 million for receive.We need a low tech beacon generator &#8212; maybe mechanical clock driven?QRSS on &#8220;Hack-A-Day.&#8221;VK2ZAY QRSS booms into Europe. 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