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SolderSmoke Daily News

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SolderSmoke FDIM Interviews: A BRAVE HAM! Grayson Evans KJ7UM Presents a
50 Watt Amplifier to THE QRP GROUP!

Posted: 07 Jun 2022 02:11 AM PDT http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2022/06/soldersmoke-fdim-interviews-brave-ham.html




Wow, talk about walking into the lions' den! Grayson Evans, author
of "Hollow State Design" and guru of all things thermatronic, went to FDIM
and made a presentation TO THE QRP GROUP on how to build a 50 watt
amplifier with a 6146 thermatron. In New York that would have been called chutzpah. The QRP ARCI guys seem to have tolerated this QRO-heresy; I'm
not so sure the zealots over in G-QRP would have been quite so tolerant. Grayson gave a nice shout out to SolderSmoke's Pete Juliano.
And he offered some sage advice to those who live in fear of high
voltage: "Don't touch anything with high voltage on it." Words to live by
my friends. He even managed to call those who shy away from high
voltage "wimps." This was all very reminiscent of the unforgettable
safety advice he offered in his August 2021 interview on Ham Radio
Workbench: "Try not to swallow anything, and don't sit on the thermatrons."
I mean, who can argue with that?
You can listen to Bob Crane's interview with Grayson here (about 6 minutes total):
http://soldersmoke.com/2022 KJ7UM.mp3
Check out Grayson's Hollow-State Design Book 3rd Edition: tinyurl.com/hollowstatedesign3
Check out Grayson's technical blog:kj7um.wordpress.com
Thanks Bob and thanks Grayson.




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SolderSmoke FDIM Interviews: Hans Summers G0UPL Talks about the QDX and
His New Balloon Tracker

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 10:42 AM PDT http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2022/06/soldersmoke-fdim-interviews-hans.html



Thanks to Bob Crane W8SX for getting us this wonderful interview with Hans G0UPL. Its really amazing to hear Hans talk about how many QDX rigs and
Baloon Trackers have been sold by QRP Labs, and how quickly they sell.
Really great. Hans's comments on the realities of the parts shortage was
also very interesting.
Listen here (about 7 minutes): http://soldersmoke.com/2022 G0UPL.mp3U4B Balloon Tracker

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SolderSmoke FDIM Interview with Farhan VU2ESE -- The sBITX is Coming!

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 07:59 AM PDT http://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2022/06/test.html


Bob Crane W8SX -- our correspondent in Dayton/Xenia -- once again
collected interview with FDIM presenters. Thanks Bob! Here is his talk
with our friend Farhan:
http://soldersmoke.com/2022 VU2ESE.mp3
Here is a great post on the sBITX (May 30, 2022) from Farhan's web site: https://www.vu2ese.com/index.php/category/uncategorized/
Here is Farhan's amazing presentation on the sBITX at the 2021 FDIM: https://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2021/11/farhans-amazing-knack-story-from.html

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