SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

On QRP-L there has recently been some discussion of the effectiveness of small loop antennas. Some hams in Northern Italy are doing someth...

Nick, KA1BQ, alerted me to this one. I don't think Herman really had The Knack ( he seems more like an appliance operator to me), b...

Well, not exactly SolderSmoke, but these VK3 hams were obviously melting a lot of solder. One of them recorded some of their 1944 QSOs. (...

For some nice offers on parts of interest to QRPers and Knack victims in general, check out the website of Diz, W8DIZ. http://kitsandparts.c...

Extra prizes for finding artifacts! Will there be a SolderSmoke team in the competition?

http://www.soldersmoke.com August 3, 2008 Positano on the Amalfi Coast QRSS: An Idea for More N. American Activity Argo's bandwidth: ...

We were down on the Amalfi coast this week, near Positano. This is on the southern coast of a beautiful peninsula that juts out into the M...

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 ...