SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

Chris M6CRD built a really nice looking recceiver.  And it sounds great too, both on CW (above) and SSB (below).  Chris writes:  Hi Bill.  I...

From the FCC News Line:   The Federal Communications Commission announced today that it will soon ban a wide range of communications equipme...

Brian KI7LKB has built a very FB SolderSmoke direct conversion receiver.  He made the PTO coil form himself, using the cardboard from a coat...

  I was very pleased to see Mikael's video.  This is our first receiver from Sweden.  In his QRZ page Mikael talks of learning CW while ...

This was a fairly typical session of the Old Military Radio Net. 3885 kHz AM 0500 local on Saturday mornings. (Distant listeners can tu...

  This picture came in on February 27, 2025 from Nashua, N.H.  On February 27, 2025 they wrote:  Hello from MakeIt Labs (a makerspace in Nas...

Mike W1TKO is a realtively new ham, getting his ticket in 2022.  But he has already done something that 95% of all hams never do:  He has ho...

On Jay KA1PQK's  QRZ page he says that he has long been interested in the minimalist side of ham radio.  This project certainly fits in ...

Andy has a lot of homebrew projects underway, but I think this one must have been the most rewarding.  He has done something that 95% of ham...

Wayne KC1ONM built a very nice direct conversion receiver.  He has done something that 95% of hams never do:  He has HOMEBREWED a receiver. ...

This is a really nice one.  In the "proof of life" video we find a lot of proof, and a lot of life.   SSB from the UK sounds reall...

Falcon 9  from our apartment in Cap Cana DR SolderSmoke Podcast #258 is available:  Video Version:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75ewswI...