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 https://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/n5ola This interview was a lot of fun.  I too was smitten at an early age by the HW-101.  I still have on...

I admit to being biased in favor of any project from Norway.  This is the result of the fantastic videos of Helge LA6NCA .   But even withou...

  https://shortwavearchive.com/archive/bbc-radio-4-the-sound-of-soft-power-may-23-2026 I was reminded that SolderSmoke Mailbag might have it...

My posting of this video should clearly demonstrate the I am not a Ludite (one d), and that I am not opposed to technological change.   I me...

A good friend, who was thinking very positively, sent me this video.  I looked at it, and concluded that while this fellow seems to believe ...

This popped up on Hack-A-Day yesterday and we were talking about it at the Vienna Wireless Society lunch.   Even if you find the topic to be...

Updated image to show quenching Hidehiko reports that in Japan, this is called a "Self Quenching Circuit" and that it is popular w...

Edwin Armstrong presenting the superregenerative receiver at the June 28, 1922 meeting of the Radio Club of America in Havemeyer Hall, Colum...

This entire video is really excellent.  Thank you Helge!  Once again, he shows us how to do it -- how to homebrew a useful rig, and how to p...

There is a lot of interesting tech in these little boxes:   -- T he way they are powered (hearing aid batteries).  -- The way they are modul...

Look at that!   The VFO from the venerable (1970s!) Yaesu FT-101 lives on, not only in Northern Virginia, but also in its country of origin,...

It has been a long time since we saw anything like the X-ray machine described in CL Stong's classic book "The Amateur Scientist....