SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

Our man in Ankara, Grayson, KJ7UM, sent me links to the truly amazing web site of Dr. J.B. Calvert, Professor Emeritus of Engineering at the...

When I heard of the terrible floods in Vermont, I thought immediately of OM Michael, AA1TJ (aka Comrade Mikhail, the Chief Designer) and his...

We have battened down the hatches and are enjoying a quiet evening at home as Hurricane Irene approaches. The radar image from Norfolk Vir...

We may have had Fabio Bonucci's rigs on the blog before, but they are so nice I thought it would be OK to feature them again. Bravo Fab...

We have a new feature on the blog: You can easily arrange to get an e-mail whenever I post something new. You can get early notification o...

Podcast listeners will recall that this year's April 1 edition featured a story about my (supposed) efforts to cure long-standing audio ...

Dale, W9DKB, alerts us to a radio drama from 1973 that is all about mysterious radio signals from space. Very cool. Thanks Dale. ...........

Hi Bill, Finally getting back to you. I crunched the numbers... I saw a total of 23 serial numbers reported. The important thing ...

Mike is looking for some beta testers for his FT-817 remote control system, and for someone who is proficient on VB6 who can help him clean ...

George, KB3ODH, found this about 1/2 mile from the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Our book: "SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures in Wireles...

Thanks for all the suggestions on the bike radio. I googled around a bit and found a schematic that seems very similar to the little receiv...

As I mentioned on the podcast, I've been riding my bike to work lately. I really enjoy it. We have great bike trails in this area. The...