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Java on the S-38E Tuning Dial SolderSmoke Podcast #220 is available http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke220.mp3 Hunkered Down.  St...

It is people like Jeremy Cook who will save us from total domination by DDS and PLL "oscillators" and their whimpy little "...

8 Bit Guy does a great job de-mystifying the LCD displays that we have been using.

Hello Bill and Pete, Thanks for the podcast! My normal occupation is more computers and software but your podcast got me motivated to m...

Bill and Pete: Can’t say enough good things about your podcast - thanks for all that you do.  I’m a fairly new ham and have been ...

Of course, I love it.  MOSFETS!  NE602's!  10.7 Mc IF cans!  Cycles, not hertz! And a Tayloe Quadrature Sampling Detector made from j...

That's the one I'm using.  Less than 1 inch on each side.  No back light.  8 bucks shipped: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...

This is from 2014, but I stumbled upon Wayne Burdick's article just this morning.  Great stuff.  That picture of Wes had a big impact...

Jerry AA6KI sent me a nice website about radio hero E. Howard Armstrong . It contained an image that seemed to cry out for a meme.  I...

I am having a lot of fun with Farhan's new BITX 40 Module.  I think I'm doing exactly what Farhan intended people to do with ...

The LBS project of Pete and Ben continues to inspire homebrewers all around the world.  Check out the video of GW4ZUA's version.   Pet...

Feb 10 at 7:40 AM Hi Bill and Pete, My work is closed today due to the snow so I wanted to show you what I've been up to. I built s...

Thanks for all the comments and advice.  I have come to understand the wisdom of divide by 4 IQ circuits.   Fortunately it was very easy...

Fresh from a great success with the use of the M0XPD divide by 4 I and Q VFO in my Frankenstein Phasing Receiver, I got ambitious.  And ...

I've wanted to change the VFO in my R2 phasing receiver.  The AD9850 DDS VFO with a divide by 4  I-Q generator limited me to 160,...

As I was struggling through this, someone -- who will remain nameless -- told me that because of all the technical problems resulting from t...

The Radio Gods were smiling upon me this morning.  I started out on 17 meters and had three nice contacts with European stations:  OH5CZ,...

Hi Bill,   Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know that I’ve recently discovered your SolderSmoke podcasts and am enjoyi...

Here is my latest project.  I call it The Frankenstein because of the two BNC connectors that come off the side of the DDS oscillator...

I was thinking about spectral purity standards and the Si5351 chip. I realized that I didn't even know what the FCC standards for ...