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The latest SolderSmoke podcast: http://www.soldersmoke.com September 28, 2008 TOPICS: The Flea at Trastevere QRSS 2N2222 goes toes up. Why? ...

Peter, VK3PB, alerted me to the six YouTube videos about the Judica Cordiglia brothers of Turin, Italy. These guys were young and enthusias...

Allan, WA9IRS, sent me the link to a really interesting article about guy who is obviously one of us, a victim of The Knack. Here is ho...

Paolo, IZ1KXQ, is the fellow who brought us the 5 mw QRSS MEPT beacon powered by small solar cells (see an earlier blog entry). He is now...

Arnie posted this on QRP-L. I thought it was a pretty ingenious way to work around an unavailable part. FB Arnie! My TS820 non QRP, but ...

All of a sudden the power output meter on my 30 meter beacon (MEPT) transmitter stopped jumping up and down. The oscillator was still runn...

Be sure to listen to episode 91 of the SolderSmoke podcast: http://www.soldersmoke.com September 14, 2008 TOPICS: Sardinia! ON5EX's QRS...

Alan, WA9IRS, sent in this really great link about Jim Williams, an engineer who writes for EDN. In his article Jim captures better than an...

There was no SolderSmoke podcast last Sunday because at our normal broadcast time we were on an overnight ferry from Rome to Sardinia. Beaut...

We don't really cover rap music here at SolderSmoke, but we make an exception for this one. More than 400,000 downloads so far.

Ron Sparks, AG5RS, sent us this very cool picture. My kids take great delight in shooting those tiny red laser pointers out the window, an...

Ted, AJ8T, alerted me to this very interesting page. "The CK722 holds a unique place in the history of the transistor. Introduced b...