SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

Alan WA9IRS alerted me to this technical treasure trove. Pete Millett is an engineer who, in his spare time, scans and uploads books about ...

Those intrepid digital hams at the University of Twente have temporarily put their WebSDR receiver on six bands (we should lobby to make the...

Steve, N0TU, has a really good one minute video that will (I think) be the lead-in for a longer flick on Straight Key Night. Inspirational...

W8KHK gave a very nice Christmas present to the AMfone group . Check out the pictures (and descriptions) of the beacon transmitters that we...

http://www.soldersmoke.com December 21, 2008 Tiber flooding, Italian @ (snail!) -------------- DSB 80 "Kickpanel" project: Rig ref...

This is a really excellent example of ham ingenuity. Michael, AA1TJ, has built an 80 meter CW transmitter from the components in one of the...

My frequency counter is broken, and this is providing an incentive for me to learn about logic, JK Flip Flops and all that. Hack-A-Day aler...

MAKE made even the humble resistor interesting. Thanks again Make! MAKE presents: The Resistor from make magazine on Vimeo .

SolderSmoke 96 December 8, 2008 http://www.soldersmoke.com Moj Music Rome winter: Snowcapped mountains, Starlings Billy’s Blog – Please visi...

Go to Google Earth, or even just to Google Maps (available without download from the Google home page) and search for this: Piazza di San C...

The e-mail and picture I received from Randy N3UMW could easily launch me (and perhaps others) into some adventures in the fascinating world...