SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

I'm finally working on the PTT T/R circuit for my homebrew DSB /Direct conversion 30 meter transceiver. I hope to use the simple one tr...

From the AMSAT site: AMSAT-OSCAR 7 was launched November 15, 1974 by a Delta 2310 launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, Californ...

Robert Noyce got his IC patent on April 25, 1961. Of course, wave soldering would be something to come out of California.

This link will take you to the download site. The software will allow you to use your PC as a Kindle reader. http://www.amazon.com/gp/featu...

I've been setting up my satellite APRS station. This weekend I finally got the UI-view software running. I had to pick an icon -- this...

From the G-QRP web site: Formed in 1974, the GQRP Club is a non profit organisation run entirely by volunteers to promote Low Power Radio. ...

Mark KB1GVR When I started receiving packets via the International Space Station earlier this month, I noticed a familiar call: KB1GVR. H...

Somehow I remembered it as being one year, non-renewable, but Neil, WA4CHQ, wrote to tell me that he remembered a two year term. I think Ne...

Jeri Ellsworth's 555 contest is in the home stretch, and I've got my acceptance speech all ready. "I'd like to thank the m...

http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke133.mp3 April 19, 2011 -- KindleSmoke -- Amazon's Whispernet (not to be confused with WSPRnet) -- Apri...

From Sierra Radio Systems (our sponsor): We just got a batch of new boards that are a very handy companion to the HamStack CPU board. We c...

In SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics I tell of how I struggled to understand the inner workings of my Hallicraters H...