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Bill (N2CQR) and Ian (G3ROO) in Dover, England (with hydrogen balloon spark key) SolderSmoke! A SHOW FOR ELECTRONICS HOMEBREWERS! Listen at:...

Jeff, N5ITU, clearly has The Knack. The mug and the bumper sticker are available at the SolderSmoke Cafe Press store: http://www.cafepress.c...

Words of wisdom from Chuck Adams, K7QO: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:11 AM From: ...

Here is some further evidence that The Knack is a global phenomenon. I'm sure our readers will find Antoine's story quite familiar....

Walford Electronics Brendon 80m DSB kit Hi Bill I trust all is well and that the roadkill PCs are not fighting back. Thought you might ...

The WSPR system has become something of a personal solar activity detector for me. I know, there are lots of ways to detect solar activity:...

Lots of great stuff in the latest edition of QQ from QRP ARCI: Mike Czuhajewski's "Idea Exchange" column has been sending out ...

Continuing with our solar theme, here is a neat little video taken on Feb 18 by a thirteen year-old kid. It shows the Atlas rocket carryin...

I've been trying to understand the propagation conditions that caused my little 20 mW DSB signal to be received ALL-NIGHT-LONG at a dis...

I was getting ready to write a quick blog entry on Arnie Coro's latest contribution to ham radio (his idea to revive the old 40 meter no...

Frank, VK2AKG, sent us this interesting video about the development of what we today call embedded systems. http://www.ganssle.com/misc/esc2...

I blame Rogier for the title of this post. He saw yesterday's workshop pictures and declared them to be porn-like. We all know what he...