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ICQ Podcast Episode 416 – Amateur Radio Someone Else’s Problem

In this episode, I join Martin Butler M1MRB, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news, including: Club opens arms to the Radio...

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Random thoughts and ideas: If I’d only…, embedded Python programming, get a...

If I’d only kept my butt in the chair a little longer… …I might have come in first in the QRP category for the 2023 Michigan QSO Party. I only operated for 7-1/2 hours, not all 12 hours. Embedded...

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Things I’m working on and things I should be working on

As usual, I have a lot of projects that I’m working……and a bunch that I should be working on. Projects that I’m currently working on include: I’m currently working on a section of the next RSGB...

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100, 50, and 25 Years Ago in QST

Here are some interesting articles from QST in December 1923, 1973, and 1998. December 1923 QST Shortwave Tuner Design by K.E. Hassel, 9ZN Most, if not all new designs, are now software-defined,...

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Amateur radio videos: Carry a 2m Yagi in your pocket, conventional current...

 This is a great project. It’s simple, cheap, and looks like it works great. I received an email this morning from a fellow who had downloaded my study guide. He wrote: On page 5 you state, “In Figure...

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Interesting stuff from Mastodon: Olivia website, SDRs all over the world,...

I’ve recently given up Twitter for Mastodon, which bills itself as a “free and open-source, self-hosted, and federated social network service.” I have a lot fewer followers than I do on Twitter, but...

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Introduction to the KB6NU Pico Keyer Project

In the May 2023 QST, K1SWL published the article, “A Simple Morse Memory Keyer by Dave Benson, K1SWL. I found it to be an interesting project, mainly because it used the Raspberry Pi Pico...

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Random stuff: Even MIT gets it wrong, DIY Layout Creator, Astron power...

Even MIT News gets it wrong In a recent article, MIT News reported on a recently-developed tamper-proof ID tag. The gist of the story is that some researcher at MIT has developed a system that...

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Operating Notes: I’m twitch-y, bye-bye X-6100, bring on the toroids

I’m Twitch-y! Last night, I worked Luis, EA1TG, and this morning, he sent me a link to a video on Twitch that he made of our contact. (Click on the image to go to Twitch. For some reason, I couldn’t...

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Random stuff: Circuit debugging tips, choke cookbook, Bluetooth observation

8 Tips for Debugging Electronic Circuits Jameco’s eight tips for debugging circuits include: Understand the circuit. Do a visual inspection. Use the right tools. Check power supply and ground...

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