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GM Bill, Dover Construction Club lads all send their regards! We're still gong strong but summer is always a bit slack. Young Neil ...

SolderSmoke Podcast #145 (July 29, 2012) is available http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke145.mp3 -- Derecho Storm hits Northern Virginia -- C...

Bob, W8SX, alerted us to this really excellent video. You guys will like it. Thanks Bob! Our book: "SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures i...

Dave Oldham had sent us a report on his resurrection of a long-broken HW-7. I responded by saying that the FCC should give him a license ...

Podcast listeners will recall that George, KJ6VU, of Sierra Radio Systems , was a sponsor of SolderSmoke. When I was running George's...

A number of electro-archeologists out there have asked about the valves found in the old British homebrew rig I presented yesterday. Here y...

I was rummaging around the junkbox and I found this gem. I probably bought it at the Kempton Park rally in London. I think it is an AM tr...

July 20/21 seemed like a good day to point to the beautiful shot of the Parkes Radio Telescope Dish, the magnificent Australian antenna t...

Don't worry.  It's just corn starch. Our book: "SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics" http://sold...

A beautiful rig on a really nice workbench! http://www.qsl.net/f8voa/ Don't miss the details of the BITX construction. You have to cli...

LED from AL7RV. Thanks Jim! Our book: "SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics" http://soldersmoke.com/book.htm ...

From the site: I understood these computers well, but the processor itself was still a mystery. I wanted to understand that part too, at th...