Just go to http://soldersmoke.com. On that archive page, just click on the blue hyperlinks and your audio player should play that episode.
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OK QRPers, it is time to explore another power source. Enough of the nails in lemons and all that mess. It is time to go NUCLEAR! Check out the motor in the video above, then look at the video below for more info on how the nuclear battery was made. Who will be the first to QSO with homebrew nuclear power? Or has it happened already? Mike Rainey -- this seems like the perfect project for you OM.
Oh and by the way, in the course of reading up on this, I learned that we once used PLUTONIUM to power pacemakers. Check it out:
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Using AI as a design Tool. Caveat Emptor
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The one "large" open item on the Hybrid Wireless is the final design for
the 12GE5 Final RF Amp stage. It is also the only module not already fully
built a...
Installing FreeDV on macOS
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To help newcomers I've made a video showing download, install and initial
configuration of FreeDV on macOS.My plan is to make a similar video for
Linux but...
Re: Nuts and Volts is back.
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I also used to pick up copies for free at hamfests, back in the early
80's as I remember. It was a different physical format back then; larger
and printe...
HRWB 245 - Projects with Pat Hensley, W5WTH
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In this episode our good friend Pat Hensley, W5WTH, joins us to talk about
his latest super creative electronics projects and his design process. Pat
co...
The Communicator September - October 2025
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*Back With a Fall Issue*
This publication, "The Communicator" from Surrey Amateur Radio
Communications (SARC), serves as a bi-monthly electronic periodical...
W1WEF
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Episode 530 - Jack Schuster - W1WEF In this episode of QSO Today, we sit
down with Jack Schuster, W1WEF, whose amateur radio journey spans more than
73 yea...
The "George Batterson 1935 CW QSO Party" - Summary
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The first *George Batterson CW QSO Party* has concluded and the results are
in! The "*GB*" was introduced to honor George Batterson (W2GB), who along
wi...
KK4DAS MB 20 Transceiver Complete
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The MB 20 transceiver is now complete. The rig is a homebrew 10-watt
20-meter SSB transceiver. The VFO module was an ebay purchase of a
salvaged Yeasu...
A Curious 9 MHz Crystal from Mouser Electronics
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Just a quick post to share info about a good 9 MHz crystal sold by Mouser
Electronics.
I last purchased batches of crystals for xtal IF filters back in 2...
40m Pelican Case SSB Transceiver
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See YouTube channels for details:
http://www.youtube.com/c/CharlieMorrisZL2CTM
*Test code for the LCD and Si5351*
#include
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Hollow-State Design, 3rd Edition
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Hollow-State Design, 3rd Edition is available from: Lulu Press:
tinyurl.com/hollowstatedesign3 eBay: search for “hollow-state design”
Electric Radio bookst...
I Finally Bought My Dream Airplane
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Aviation has been a love of mine since I was a very little person. Living
in Nevada, seeing posters and ads for the Reno Air Races, specifically the
Texa...
Daylight Again – An all Analog Radio
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What’s all this? In 10 seconds, A high performance, 7MHz, 5 watt SSB rig
Draws just 24 mA of current 90 dB dynamic range, 80 dB close-in dynamic
range 3D ...
Modifications to the Dayton/FDIM-2019 Antuino
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The Dayton Antuino has sub-optimal performance. This is a short note on
improving it to an 80 db range of measurements. The trouble with Antuino
2.0 (the o...
Raduino as NBFM TX
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Here is a neat, 30 minute hack for your Raduino to turn the Si5351 into a
pretty stable, solid NBFM transmitter. The hack is to add a varactor diode
in ...
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