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I'm reading Chapter 11 ("Milliwatts and Miles") of the book "The History of QRP in the U.S.; 1924-1960" by Ade Weis...

What a great shot! This is the Phoenix lander descending to the Martian surface by parachute. The photo was taken from Mars orbit by the ...

On Saturday 24 May I connected my newly acquired K1EL keyer to a little homebrew 10 meter beacon transmitter that I'd built about 10 yea...

Listen at: http://www.soldersmoke.com SolderSmoke #84 May 25, 2008 SPECIAL FDIM PROGRAM!!!! Flying a glider over Circus Maximus THE NEW SOLD...

http://www.phonestack.com/farhan/bitx.html Farhan updated his BIT20 site. Very nice. Every time I visit this site, I leave wanting to bui...

I was up earlier than usual this morning (my Italian ham friends think my schedule is totally nuts!). As usual, I tuned across 80 -- ...

I just got a very pleasing dit dah dit from my new K1EL keyer. The board went together quickly. It is a very nice kit. Lots of capabilit...

Just a quick Sunday morning report from Rome: With my 20 meter DSB rig finally tamed, I've been trying to decide which band to build f...

As all of you probably know, LB Cebik, esteemed antenna expert and mentor, recently passed away. This morning I happened to find his entry...

A few episodes back I was talking about the old QST articles in which amateurs were extolled to focus more on efficiency and technincal qual...

I always liked the descriptions of the ingenious homebrew stations used by Indian radio amateurs. This morning I came across VU2LID's si...

It's 5:30 am. I'm in the shack with a cup of coffee. The only sounds are birdsongs from the window and an Italian 80 meter SSB QSO...