SolderSmoke Daily News

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

We were really pleased to have been invited to speak to the GQRP club's 2025 convention.  We talked about the SolderSmoke Direct Convers...

  Admirably, Todd W2TEF proved that you can build this receiver even if you don't have an oscilloscope. He used a lot of simple tests, i...

This was the 100th SolderSmoke receiver!     It was really cool to see Chris KN4GAH's  receiver inhaling CW (sbove)  and SSB (below).  I...

Chris KD4PBJ is one of SolderSmoke's most loyal fans.  Over the years Chris has supplied many of the parts and ideas used in SolderSmoke...

The pine board is key.  Frank Jones (W6AJF) would approve. FB Dave.    CW video above and SSB below.  Dave writes:   Bill, After many divers...

It is amazing that Robert (who is not yet licensed) got this receiver to work.  Check out his homebew coil form.  Excellent work Robert.  Co...

Bob K2BVR homebrewed a really nice SolderSmoke Direct Conversion receiver.  On his "Proof of Life" video we hear some nice SSB sig...

Sounds great Tobias!   Congratulations -- Welcome to the Hall of Fame!  Tobias writes:  Bill, I have joined the few.  You guys created a pro...

I was really pleased to see Shane G0JNR finish this receiver. He has been an active member of the SolderSmoke community for many years.  For...

  Although we had strongly suggested that builders FIRST build the receiver in accorandance with Dean KK4DAS's excellent videos, we also...

Congratulations to Grant K0GDB on his FB SolderSmoke Direct Conversion receiver.  Welcome to the Hall of Fame Grant! That PTO former is espe...

  Bill WA5DSS built this beautiful receiver back in December 2024.  Somehow I failed to include him in our Hall of Fame.  Well, better late ...

Congratulations to Joe N9OK on his homebrew build of the SolderSmoke direct conversion receiver. Welcome to the Hall of Fame Joe.   Joe make...

On the flight to the Dominican Republic I was listening to Fraser Cain's interview with Dr. Christiaan Brinkerink.   I was kind of blown...

Fritz did an excellent job on his build of the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion receiver.  Fritz writes:  Hi folks!  First-time radio builder h...

It is a happy occassion whenever we get to announce a new member of the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver Hall of Fame.  And Dan KF5DAN...

So cool that Alan did this.  Here we see a rigrourous measurement of the MDS of our receiver, with a correction for the bandwidth.  Very nic...

https://hackaday.com/2025/06/25/the-tao-of-bespoke-electronics/#comment-8142333 My comment:   Good post with good points about the under-app...

  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 ...