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KF5CZO: July 2014
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I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is exactly the same, except that there is no cat." : Albert Einstein. Monday, July 21, 2014. Underneath the top desk of the radio is the text "Oct.17.1996 Billy Richardson" which confirmed that the radio had originally passed though his hands while being brought back to life. I recognized the photo of this set immediately a...
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KF5CZO: Coil Winding using the Gingery Coil Winder
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I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is exactly the same, except that there is no cat." : Albert Einstein. Thursday, December 22, 2011. Coil Winding using the Gingery Coil Winder. Anyone who has seen the video below from KC9KEP will probably be wondering where he got the coil winder used to make those high Q coils with universal windings. Can you solder or kno...
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KF5CZO: DIY Magnetic Loop Antenna - Part 1
http://kf5czo.blogspot.com/2012/02/diy-magnetic-loop-antenna-part-1.html
I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is exactly the same, except that there is no cat." : Albert Einstein. Friday, February 17, 2012. DIY Magnetic Loop Antenna - Part 1. Do you live in a neighborhood with a restrictive antenna policy and despair of having a useful HF antenna? Can you solder or know someone who can? Or this web page from 66pacific.com. How larg...
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KF5CZO: Ham radio attempts to fill communication gaps in Nepal rescue effort
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I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is exactly the same, except that there is no cat." : Albert Einstein. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Ham radio attempts to fill communication gaps in Nepal rescue effort. A nice write-up outlining how Ham Radio has once again provided vital lifelines of communication to the people of Nepal. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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KF5CZO: The $20 Software Defined Radio
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I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is exactly the same, except that there is no cat." : Albert Einstein. Monday, July 9, 2012. The $20 Software Defined Radio. Perhaps the best known SDR in amateur radio circles are the FLEX rigs from FlexRadio. I had the chance to see a FLEX-3000. In use during Winter Field Day 2011. Mentioned an unmodified digital TV receiv...
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KF5CZO: NJIT's New Solar Telescope Unveils the Complex Dynamics of Sunspots' Dark Cores
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I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is exactly the same, except that there is no cat." : Albert Einstein. Friday, May 1, 2015. NJIT's New Solar Telescope Unveils the Complex Dynamics of Sunspots' Dark Cores. From the New Jersey Institute of Technology newsroom . 8220;But the magnetic field is not a monolith and there are openings in the umbra from which plasm...
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KF5CZO: EICO Model 625 Tube Tester
http://kf5czo.blogspot.com/2012/03/eico-model-625-tube-tester.html
I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is exactly the same, except that there is no cat." : Albert Einstein. Tuesday, March 6, 2012. EICO Model 625 Tube Tester. EICO Model 625 Tube Tester with a number 78 tube. The EICO 625 is not a top of the line tester but it does basic tests and will let you know if a tube is functioning and an idea of the life left in it...
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KF5CZO: New project - Heathkit SB-101
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I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is exactly the same, except that there is no cat." : Albert Einstein. Sunday, November 27, 2011. New project - Heathkit SB-101. I've recently been presented with a Heathkit SB-101 transceiver, Heathkit SB-600 speaker and Heathkit HP-23A power supply courtesy of Philip KJ5OW of the Katy Amateur Radio Society. Frequency Contr...
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KF5CZO: Ham Radio and Mesh Networks
http://kf5czo.blogspot.com/2012/03/ham-radio-and-mesh-networks.html
I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is exactly the same, except that there is no cat." : Albert Einstein. Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Ham Radio and Mesh Networks. The particular device and software I have been experimenting with is the Linksys WRT54G router and HSMM-MESH firmware from http:/ hsmm-mesh.org/. In the diagram to the right each router is represente...
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KF5CZO: Considering a small HF antenna? You have to read this ...
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I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is exactly the same, except that there is no cat." : Albert Einstein. Sunday, December 4, 2011. Considering a small HF antenna? You have to read this . This should be required reading for anyone considering one of the stealth antenna designs such as the Tak-tenna, Isotron or Crossed Field Antennas. In order to radiate a cer...