Showing posts with label CW. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CW. Show all posts
Monday, June 8, 2026

Pete N6QW's "Last Ditcher" CW Thermatron Rig -- Frank Jones would approve. A new installment of the FMLA series?

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I like this rig.  Perhaps I like it too much.  I find myself plotting to build it myself.  I mean, I have tubes.  I have a bunch of old part...
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Sunday, June 7, 2026

Helge LA6NCA's Norwegian Paraset

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This is a very cool video.  I even liked Helge's creative use of AI for the narration.  It was amazing that this old rig still works.   ...
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

School for Danger -- the SOE, and Radio, in Nazi Occupied France

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Hack-a-Day had a link to this film .  It is really good.  There is some stuff about radio, and especially the S-Phone system.  But the bigge...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

SolderSmoke 264: CW TX, Repair of 17-12 Rig, AI and Repair, Back on 40m, HB for 2m, VWS WSPR Makers Project , MAILBAG

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QSO May 8, 2026 with Lou EA3JE.  I was using my Mythbuster May 12, 2026 SolderSmoke Podcast #264 is available for download:  Audio:    http:...
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Saturday, May 2, 2026

The TW-100 "Fly Away Transceiver" --- A CW-SSB Rig I Never Heard of Until Today

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I was listening to the Old Military Radio Net this morning.  Rhett KB4HG checked in on Upper Sideband.  He was using a loaner TransWorld TW-...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

U.S. Administration Supports Ham Radio Homebrew

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  In a decision that puzzled many analysts, the Federal Communications Commission has come out with a new policy that seems to support the a...
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Monday, February 23, 2026

SolderSmoke Podcast 263: DR-PR, UM, DCRX, SKN, Design, PSSST, W7ZOI, FT-101, HW32A, VK, HST, AMP, MAILBAG

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Pete Juliano N6QW February 23, 2026 SolderSmoke Podcast #263 is available for download:  Audio:   http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke263.mp3 ...
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Monday, November 10, 2025

Puneit Singh VU2TUM's FB Homebrew 40 meter SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver

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It was really good to see Puneit Singh finish this receiver project.  He overcame many difficulties, including a lot of travel and an acute ...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

"Rig Here is Homebrew" -- The Joys and Sorrows of Building your own Rigs

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This is kind of a re-run.  I came across it today on YouTube and thought it was pretty good.  So here it is again.    ------------------- De...
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Thursday, August 7, 2025

SolderSmoke Podcast 261: Travel, AI-Apocalypse, ARRL Award, Amplifiers (with Claude) , Transcoms, Smoke released in DR, QRP, CW, MAILBAG

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SolderSmoke Podcast #261 is available for download:  Audio:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke261.mp3 Video:   https://www.youtube.com/watc...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

WD4CFN Makes Contact Using the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver and a Michigan Mighty Mite

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  Hall of Fame member Steve WD4CFN in Tennessee fired up his 40 meter Mchigan Mighty Mite (above) and made contact with ND4K in Georgia. FB ...
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Saturday, June 21, 2025

My Eleven Contacts using the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver -- It is NOT a toy!

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I have made 11 contacts using the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion receiver.  Ten of the 11 were after June 3, 2025. This was in very casual op...
Friday, June 13, 2025

Britain's Secret Listeners

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Today Hack-A-Day has an unsually good report on Britain's Voluntary Interceptors. I was especially touched by the story of the guy who p...
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Saturday, June 7, 2025

A FIRST! K1OA Contact with N2CQR -- All Homebrew with SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receivers on Both Ends

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At around 0630 EDT on June 7, 2025 I heard K1OA calling CQ on 7030 kHz CW. This was exactly where I had a crystal.  I called him, but he did...
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Friday, June 6, 2025

A Tale of "Ten Minute Transmitters" and "Tuna Tin Twos": N2CQR Goes Back to CW QRP!

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I nspired by K1OA and KA4KXX , I put the SolderSmoke DC receiver to work on the CW portion of 40 meters. At first I used a very (perhaps ov...
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Saturday, May 31, 2025

Not a Toy! K1OA Making Contacts with the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver and a KA4KXX Transmitter

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T his goes to prove what we have been saying all along:  this receiver is not a toy!  It is capable of operating as part of a real 2-way ham...
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Thursday, April 24, 2025

The Copasteic Flow Blog -- German UHF Mobile CW Through a Geostationary Satellite, Agent Sonya's Homebrewing, More

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It is always good to be reminded that someone out there is listening and reading,  especially when it is nice folks like Hamilton and his fa...
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Thursday, March 6, 2025

Honorable Mention: Bruce KC1FSZ's SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver ON A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD

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This is obviously not the style of construction that we would recommend for new builders.  Thus the "Honorable Mention" category. ...
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Saturday, March 1, 2025

Ken W4KAC's Wonderful SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver -- with a Leaf Blower Tuning Dial

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Ken W4KAC tells me that the tuning knob that he used to minimize hand-capacitance effects on his PTO started out as a gear in a leaf  blower...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Happy New Year from the Dominican Republic! SKN from HI7/N2CQR

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As you guys know, here at SolderSmoke we are all about tradition.  Things like homebrewing, thermatrons,  crystal radios,  April 1, and even...
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