SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

  Bill WA5DSS built this beautiful receiver back in December 2024.  Somehow I failed to include him in our Hall of Fame.  Well, better late ...

This morning a comment came in from Hong Kong/Shenzhen that explained who Project 326 is and why he was saying "tubes" and not ...

Congratulations to Joe N9OK on his homebrew build of the SolderSmoke direct conversion receiver. Welcome to the Hall of Fame Joe.   Joe make...

I was recently talking on 17 meters to my good friend Mike EIOCL.  He mentioned that Steve Wright EI5DD had put out new editions of Ham Radi...

"Artificial intelligence itself could deteriorate if no action is taken. In 2024, bot activity accounted for almost half of internet tr...

On the flight to the Dominican Republic I was listening to Fraser Cain's interview with Dr. Christiaan Brinkerink.   I was kind of blown...

Fritz did an excellent job on his build of the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion receiver.  Fritz writes:  Hi folks!  First-time radio builder h...

Thanks to Rogier PA1ZZ for sending us this. 

I can supply the backup files and the Template backup.  I need someone who can create a backup site for this blog.   I think it should be in...

This is an interesting project.  The use of dental X-ray packs was really innovative. The approporately snarky presentation about nanny-stat...

That circular thing on the right is the "Plastic Clutch" on the Heathkit HW-101.   Mine dried out and shattered when I pushed the ...

It is not every day that we find a web site or a YouTube video that discusses negative resistance and the Barkhausen criteria.  But that day...