{"id":7197,"date":"2011-10-04T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T00:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2011\/10\/04\/sputnik-soldersmoke-138\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T22:32:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:32:29","slug":"sputnik-soldersmoke-138","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2011\/10\/04\/sputnik-soldersmoke-138\/","title":{"rendered":"Sputnik!!! SolderSmoke 138!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/sputnik-launch1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/sputnik-launch1.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659592340191163282\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:130%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Today is Sputnik Anniversary Day! Michael, AA1TJ, and his intrepid international band of solder melters will be putting their homebrew Soviet-parts rigs on 15 meters! I will be listening with my HQ-100. This is all discussed on SolderSmoke 138, which I have just uploaded: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke138.mp3\">http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke138.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:130%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">October 4, 2011<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">A Meteor and Jupiter: Cosmic Birthday Present! <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Sagan&#8217;s Pale Blue Dot &#8212; Lots of interesting radio info<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> On the cover of &#8220;Hot Iron&#8221;!!!! <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> The HW-7 Philosophy and Way of Life<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Sputnik Anniversary <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Getting my 2B back on 17<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Preparing for a return of sunspots and 17 meters<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Raiding Radio Shack (for 2N2222s!) <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> The Autumn SPRAT<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> MAILBAG<\/span><br \/><\/span><br \/>Our book: &#8220;SolderSmoke &#8212; Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/book.htm\">http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/book.htm<\/a>Our coffee mugs, T-Shirts, bumper stickers: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/SolderSmoke\">http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/SolderSmoke<\/a>Our Book Store: <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/contracross-20\">http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/contracross-20<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Sputnik Anniversary Day! Michael, AA1TJ, and his intrepid international band of solder melters will be putting their homebrew Soviet-parts rigs on 15 meters! I will be listening with my HQ-100. This is all discussed on SolderSmoke 138, which I have just uploaded: http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/soldersmoke138.mp3 October 4, 2011A Meteor and Jupiter: Cosmic Birthday Present! Sagan&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2011\/10\/04\/sputnik-soldersmoke-138\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sputnik!!! 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