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SolderSmoke Daily News
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Cicadas Arrive in Northern Virginia
Posted: 20 May 2021 06:47 AM PDT
http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2021/05/cicadas-arrive-in-northern-virginia.html
Usually the only bugs we talk about here are dead bugs (components with
their leads up on circuit boards) or perhaps CW keying devices. But in the last podcast I mentioned the arrival in Northern Virginia of Brood X Cicadas. They are coming to the surface after 17 years underground. This morning I found this amazing animation that explains the lifecycle of these fascinating creatures. This
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The SST QRP Transceiver
Posted: 20 May 2021 05:48 AM PDT
http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-sst-qrp-transceiver.html
Click on the schematic for a better viewBob KD4EBM recently sent me an amazing package of radio goodies. Included was a little metal box not much larger than a deck of cards. It is a 20 meter SST transceiver designed by Wayne Burdick N6KR during the late 1990s. This transceiver is built around three NE602 Gilbert Cell mixer chips. It arrived in my shack as I was struggling to understand the
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