SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

Here is the workbench, now located in Rome. If you look closely, between the two shelves on the wall you can see my "tool hanger....

http://www.danssmallpartsandkits.net/ Dan is a great source of parts for Knack victims. Check out his catalog -- take a look at his special...

That's the one. That's the radio that Giorgio, I0YR, and I have had our eyes on. I found it in a local charity shop (location to r...

In this episode Shep builds a 2 meter rig to talk to locals, but picks up signals from much farther away. Musings on extraterrestrial DX. ...

As promised, here is the infamous SolderSmoke microphone, featuring duct tape, and supported by a Radio Shack "Third Hand." Check ...

July 19, 2008 http://www.soldersmoke.com My walk to work in Rome The BEST Jean Shepherd ham radio episode My talk with Jean Shepherd NR5A...

We are in some very distinguished company on the QRSS "Knights" mailing list. Joe Taylor, K1JT, is active in the group. Joe ...

Mark, W8MOJ, found this one a while back, but then somehow we lost it. This morning I found it again. Jean Shepherd talks about ham radio...

Doug, N3ZI, was one of the intrepid participants in the ARRL Homebrew Challenge competition. FB! He is now making available some very ine...

You will really like the video archive of the British Amateur Television Club. Start out with the "Bob and Brian" show. It is ...

Guys have been asking to see the schematic for my 30 meter QRSS MEPT beacon. Here's the oscillator circuit. This actually started ou...

Here is another gem from Jean Shepherd. He describes his discovery of CW at age 6 or 7, his first shortwave receiver, and his discovery of ...