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  Unlike Pete (see below), I don't have any cool pictures of me in front of an early station.   But in the picture above,  there I am, a...

  Wow.  That is the method that they stored computer memory for the moon missions.  When they were satisfied with a program they would say i...

https://youtu.be/J1QlKykhR2M?t=583 I have it cued up to 9:43 -- at that point Ramon is in his ham shack.   Lots of good stuff in there!  Ple...

First a big congratulations to the Vienna Wireless Society and its President, Dean KK4DAS.  In spite of low temperatures that made the Winte...

Sometimes we get a comment that is so good that we elevate it to the main blog page.  That was the case with Lex PH2LB's comment on the ...

Tony G4WIF suggested that I make this talk available as an audio recording.  Good idea. Here it is:  http://soldersmoke.com/N2CQRHomebrewing...

I reported to Scott and Grayson that I had finally gotten around to changing the three aging 6U8 tubes in my Mate for the Mighty Midget rece...

This was a very nice meeting.  We just talked homebrewing and why it is such an important part of  ham radio.  Video above Topics included: ...

Farhan VU2ESE is largely responsible for this.  He has recently been talking about VHF.  (More about this in due course.).  This started me ...

SolderSmoke Podcast #233 is available.  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke233.mp3 Travelogue: Cape Cod. SST. Marconi Site. The WFSRA:  ...

  I was very pleased to read that Chuck Penson WA7ZZE was publishing a book about Heathkit's amateur radio products.  His book is a real...

  There it is.  The 2021 re-creation of the WN2QHL Novice Amateur Radio Station.  This is what I had when I first went on the air in April 1...

And this was apparently AFTER they relocated and organized things a bit.  I have my eye on those QF-1s.  Someone stop me before it's too...

                                             WA7ZZE Shack The video above popped up in my Facebook feed today and reminded me of Chuck Penso...

  I mentioned this in the last podcast.   I'm looking for one of these. I had one as a kid, and used it with a DX-40 and a Lafayette HA-...

Hack-A-Day had a nice post about this piece of gear:  https://hackaday.com/2021/01/18/q-multiplier-er-multiplies-q/ My radio emotions were s...

Diode product detector on the left, BFO amp in the right As noted in an earlier blog post, I didn't like the sound of SSB and CW when ...

Mike WU2D made another very nice video about his Drake TR-3 refurb.  He cracked me up when he noticed that one of the calibration oscill...

RTTY Model 15 Hello Bill, Greetings from a fellow ham in Northern Virginia. I have enjoyed the SolderSmoke podcast for a few years...

I liked both these videos.  Mike WU2D really does a great job.  He covers a LOT of technology and theory in two videos.  Thanks Mike!