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Let me start by saying that I LIKE Ham Radio Workbench.  But I found a lot in the current edition that I disagreed with.  The whole panel se...

Aurora Picture by Dean KK4DAS S olderSmoke Podcast #251   4-1-2024 Audio: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke251.mp3 Videos:  Podcast 251 Aur...

Lots of great ideas on workshop or lab design from Andreas, the guy with the Swiss accent.  Andreas is HB9BLA.  I liked all of this, especia...

At first I didn't realize it was Denny .  On September 11, 2023 at about 2330Z I had walked back into the shack after dinner.  I think D...

So, if the Raspberry Pi is a key part of your new "homebrew" rig, how much of the rig did YOU actually build? 

It was great that Bob was able to catch up with Farhan and talk to him about his VHF rig and about the sBITX.       Farhan said that the VHF...

On May 16, 2023 Farhan gave us a look at his new BITX23 2 Meter Transceiver. Two days later he made a presentation on this rig at the Four ...

It is really looking great.  Congratulations to Farhan for bringing yet another amazing rig to the amateur radio community.    Order yours h...

  There is so much radio goodness in this rig and in the blog post that describes it.  Farhan's blog post will keep us busy for a long t...

I told Farhan that the world NEEDS a homebrew Raspberry Pi observatory at Lamakaan in Hyderabad. They are on it.   This looks very do-able. ...

Here is Farhan's amazing presentation to the virtual 2021 FDIM event.  There is a lot of tribal knowledge in this video.  Lots of old an...

Very cool.  This guy (who brew up on an island in Alaska) really knows how to use aluminum tape and the junk that fills most workshops. I li...

Soldersmoke Podcast #229 is available:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke229.mp3 --  G2NJ Trophy is awarded to  Pete Juliano, N6QW.   --  G...

Wow, what an unexpected treat!  Here we can watch Pete N6QW and Steve G0FUW talk to the Radio Society of Great Britain about homebrew radi...

Hi Bill:  So far I have made about two dozen contacts with the new RADIG. Just finished one with a ham I know in New Mexico and he i...

Jim's experience with the Android tablet SDR was very similar to mine.  But he used a "Ham It Up" up converter ahead of the ...

Not by me, thank God! No, the five years of Rasp Pi maso-tinkering were done by Thorin Klowsowski.  His report appears here: http://li...

SolderSmoke 194 is available (scroll down for link) March 4, 2017 BIG NEWS:   uBITX from Farhan BENCH REPORTS Pete: Recycling Old Bo...

Earlier this week I shocked Pete Juliano by telling him that I was taking a break from my normal analog, discrete component, no-chips mode...

This is going against everything I believe in, but I admit it -- I want one of these.