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I include this because I am interested in workshops and solar power.   Thanks to Bill AH6FC for sending this.  Mahlo Bill!  

https://aa7ee.wordpress.com/2019/01/03/putting-the-hifer-brs-boris-beacon-on-the-air-finally/ From Dave's blog:  The beac...

Eric 4Z1UG has a really good interview with Mike Bryce, WB8VGE.  Listen here:  https://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/WB8VGE I've...

I thought this was really clever, the kind of innovation that can make a big difference in the lives of poor people.

Yesterday David G3ZPF sent us another very interesting e-mail, this one about some very creative sunlight communication ex...

I talked to him last night on 17 meters.  He's a nice fellow.  When your first name is Edison, that's an indication that you might...

http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/viganella-the-italian-village-that-built-its-own-sun.html Our book: "SolderSmoke -- Global Advent...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2012/11/121116-second-life-for-used-electric-car-batteries/ Our book: "SolderSmoke --...

Hi Bill!   This Bob Schubert, KC4FNE in   Blacksburg Virginia   just wanting to say hello and taking the opportunity to say "Thank...

I thought of this during our recent bout with the "Derecho" storm and the subsequent power outage. It is not really from HMG of c...

  Bill,       Really enjoyed SolderSmoke 143, great job as always. I wanted to fill you in on the happenings at the WA6ARA QRP Ranch. ...

We may have had Fabio Bonucci's rigs on the blog before, but they are so nice I thought it would be OK to feature them again. Bravo Fab...

Here's evidence that I am moving ever further along the ham radio hippie trail: This week as I was browsing through the 1970's era ...

I mentioned in SolderSmoke 135 that somehow I feel myself becoming a bit of a hippie. I'm riding a bike to work. I now have a compost...

From the AMSAT site: AMSAT-OSCAR 7 was launched November 15, 1974 by a Delta 2310 launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, Californ...

Words of wisdom from Chuck Adams, K7QO: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:11 AM From: ...

How's that for a shack! Elisa rescued me from the frigid front porch and got the owner to agree to let me use this little building. Yo...

Dreams of Escape… It began in Kentucky in the early ‘60s: I was a ham radio operator known as WN4KSW, a skinny burr-headed prisoner of sch...

Oh man, this is great! The Winebikko! Gizmology! He even had an Oscar 13 satellite station on the bike. You guys are gonna love this: ...

This year, in an effort to get the kids out of Rome, we rented a summer house out in the Sabine Hills, a beautiful area just one hour north ...