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SolderSmoke Podcast 223 is available:  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke223.mp3 27 June 2020 Quarantine Field Day!    I...

In the last podcast Pete and I were discussing dipole antennas.  We mentioned dipoles that were multiples of 1/2 wavelength and said the ...

Loren WA7SKT wrote:  Got the balanced modulator and first RF power amp board mounted today for my 20 meter DSB transmitter (above)....

Another beautiful rig from Pete. Inspiration for the winter building season.  More info on his blog: http://n6qw.blogspot.com/ We hope...

630 meters 1 October 2017 Steve VE7SL reminded us  via his blog  that US radio amateurs now have the use of two new radio frequency ban...

I found myself almost cheering out loud as I listened to this wonderful interview , especially at the point where Hans lets it be known th...

    Hans Summers April 15 at 11:25am   VE3KCL/QRP Labs S-9 balloon finally reached Europe! What a crazy way to cross the Atlantic...

Oh, I really want to do this.  We had a bunch of balloons for my daughter's birthday and I found myself trying to guestimate how much ...

http://www.qrp-labs.com/ultimate3/balloon.html Farhan alerted me to this.  This is clearly the coolest use so far of the Dynamic Duo...

SolderSmoke Podcast 154 is available for download! http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke154.mp3 August 11, 2013 -- Alligators!  Real ...

My six dollar DDS board hasn't arrived yet, so this weekend I worked on the re-build of the 30 meter Direct Conversion/DSB transmitte...

https://github.com/threeme3/WsprryPi This site shows you how to use a $35 Raspberry Pi Computer as an RF transmitter for the WSPR (Wea...

http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke137.mp3 10 September 2011 Earthquake! Hurricane! Tropical Storm! The Heathkit HW-7 -- An Undeserved Bad...

In the European dispatches of Mike AA1TJ I saw mention of this new thing called the Reverse Beacon Network. Then SPRAT shows up in my mail...

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http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke134.mp3 May 15, 2011 New "Ikea" microphone NOVA QRP Club WSPR T/Rouble resolved Finishing up R...

VK2TPM made some nice videos of the Weak Signal Propagation Reporting System (WSPR) maps over time. Its kind of fun to watch the propagatio...

Thanks to everyone who sent in advice on my WSPR t/r troubles. I now have it all sorted out. In the image above you can see the cable from ...