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Listen at: http://www.soldersmoke.com SolderSmoke #123 4/1/2010 Spring! Equinox! Sap in Vermont! Aurora in Norway! Birds singing in Rom...

Caro Bill, FB on your 20mW DSB WSPR DX! I've never actually been on the air during the upside of a solar cycle. This is wicked excitin...

I took a break from all the computer stuff and decided to melt some solder this weekend. W3PM has a neat WSPR rig on his site. I decided to...

I found it! SPRAT 110, Spring 2002, page 5. A short article by OM Rudi Burse, DK2RS. This is the variation on the Polyakov ...

I got up early this morning, and so did 30 meters. Take a look at the WSPR signal reports that greeted me (below). My 20 mW DSB signal was...

I'm planning on building a DC receiver for use with the WSPR system. I will probably follow W3PM's lead and put a crystal filter be...

Steve, WG0AT, posed this question in the title line of his latest (excellent) video. I really liked the recordings of Marconi speaking in E...

People send me these images, and they are so good that I feel compelled to put them on the blog. From Dino: ------- Ok, can't stand it a...

Doug, AA0MS, sent us this nice picture of his workbench and operating position. (That looks like a nice oscilloscope!) Doug is blogging at ...

Paul up in Manchester has some really intriguing ideas on CW and keyers. He likes highly personalized CW from straight keys, and thinks he...

Today marks the Vernal Equinox, an important day for QRP radio amateurs. In the Northern Hemisphere, conditions usually start to improve....

Billy and I were crossing the Tiber River's Garibaldi Bridge yesterday at sunset. Off to the West, with St. Peter's Basilica in vie...