DXing the entire AM Broadcast Band during the 2024 solar eclipse.Rattlegram, a new digital text messaging mode for HF/VHF/UHF recreational and emergency communications.Smith charts with the NanoVNA.1:29:19

SolderSmoke issue 251By Bill Meara

E9G The Smith chart36:52

Can’t find the tool you need? Make it.Economical heat shrink tubing labels.Emile’s out of this world NASA adventure.Mike’s BitX40 build part 2.Kicking the tires of Icom’s IC-905.1:23:19

E9F Transmission lines: characteristics of open and shorted feed lines, coax versus open-wire, velocity factor, electrical length, coaxial cable dielectrics.49:59

Our visit to the Capital City Hamfest in Jackson, MS with a few old friends. A very rare Icom radio stack. Louisiana ARES Winlink forms and tactics.1:03:11

SolderSmoke issue 250By Bill Meara

E9E Matching: Matching Antennas to Feed Lines, Phasing Lines, and Power Dividers.42:12

George hacks a gamer headset for radio use. Emile has video from Swamps On The Air. Mike begins his BitX 40 build.1:04:20

E9D Yagi antennas, parabolic reflectors, circular polarization, loading coils, top loading, feed point impedance of electrically short antennas, antenna Q, RF grounding.47:13

AmateurLogic’s Annual Christmas Extravaganza. Tommy upgrades his N5BOC Hotspot with a new Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and it’s fast. Emile updates his hotspot with the WPSD Project. ALTV’s 2023 Gift Guide for last minute shoppers and slackers. Sampling the tastes of the holidays.1:18:01

E9C Practical wire antennas, folded dipoles, phased arrays, effects of ground near antennas.42:25

Tommy builds the M5 Ham Radio project. George makes a high quality 4:1 Balun. Mike assembles a Buck/Boost converter device for use with QRP operations.58:56

SolderSmoke issue 249By Bill Meara

E9B Antenna patterns and designs: E and H plane patterns, gain as a function of pattern,antenna modeling.38:09

AmateurLogic.TV celebrates 18 years on the air.George reviews the Craftsman Battery Powered Soldering Iron.Jocelyn demonstrates the MFJ-1898 Portable HF + 6 Meter Antenna.Emile introduces Outlook Package Message Manager.Mike explores OpenWebRX +.Announcing the winner of our 18th Anniversary contest and Icom IC-705 prize package giveaway.1:26:43…

E9A Basic Antenna parameters: radiation resistance, gain, beamwidth, efficiency, effective radiated power.57:59

Mike exposes an Unun. Tommy renews his FCC License step by step. Emile hits the Pi Bullseye. Announcing our 18th Anniversary Contest with an Icom IC-705 and a package of great accessories from MFJ.Contest details are available at https://amateurlogic.tv/contest1:19:47

SolderSmoke issue 248By Bill Meara

E8D Keying defects and overmodulation of digital signals, digital codes, spread spectrum51:57

Visits with friends at Huntsville Hamfest 2023. Plus Emile’s adventures at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.1:22:33

E8C Digital signals: digital communication modes, information rate vs. bandwidth,error correction.47:43

W5AXC and W5SLA Field Day Events.JPC-12 40-6 Meter Vertical Antenna.Friedrichshafen 20231:30:00

E8B Modulation and demodulation: modulation methods, modulation index and deviation ratio, frequency and time division multiplexing, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing and balanced modulators, detectors, mixer stages.58:29

SolderSmoke issue 247By Bill Meara

Tips and tricks for a cheap old field day. Bluetti EB3A Portable Power Station. Building a high quality 1:1 balun.1:16:04

George & Mike cover the premiere Hamfest of the season, Hamvention 2023. Visits with friends and vendors. Plus some great new finds you may not be aware of. Hamvention is always a fun, entertaining event and this year was no different.1:39:34

SolderSmoke issue 246By Bill Meara

E7H Oscillators and signal sources: types of oscillators, synthesizers and phase-locked loops,direct digital synthesizers, stabilizing thermal drift, microphonics, high-accuracy oscillators.59:40

Emile builds a Geaux Baux. Software for NanoVNA analyzers. Dual Band Satellite Yagi, The Sequel.1:20:24

E7G Active filters and op-amp circuits: active audio filters, characteristics, basic circuit design, operational amplifiers.51:22

SolderSmoke issue 245By Bill Meara

George takes to the swamp for a 50 Kilowatt ‘Tales From The Transmitter Site’. Tommy explores BlueDV OTG. Mike builds a dual band Yagi for working the satellites.1:20:47

SolderSmoke issue 244By Bill Meara

E7F DSP filtering and other operations, software defined radio fundamentals, DSP modulation and demodulation.1:00:07

Easily and cheaply control relays over a USB port. Nano VNA explorations. Brutal Winter Field Day rearview mirror edition.1:06:31

SolderSmoke issue 243By Bill Meara

E7E Modulation and demodulation: reactance, phase and balanced modulators, detectors, mixer stages.48:54

George demonstrates how to cut a quarter wave stub to notch out interference. Emile packs for 2023 Winter Field Day. Mike explores W0CHP PiStar Dashboard.Plus, mysterious solar powered antennas installations are popping up. How could this be cryptocurrency miners?1:27:11

E7D Power supplies and voltage regulators, Solar array charge controllers.1:01:03

Tommy uses Chirp open source software to program his transceiver. Emile discusses a tactical net in the Slidell area using Amateur Radio, GMRS and FRS.No ALTV Christmas episode would be complete without some comic entertainment. In the spirit of the season we present ‘Cheap Old 2022 Rear End Review’ and ‘AmateurLogic.TV Crazy Cheap Close-Out’.1:38:…