SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

Jim, K1KJW, and others alerted me to this very cool move by the inventive minds at JPL.  They put a Morse Code pattern in the tire treads of...

Bunnie Huang has The Knack.  This was confirmed when, with obvious delight, he said that he'd found in China a book of schematic diagr...

As I'm sure is the case with many of you, Neil Armstrong was one of my childhood heroes.   Neil passed away yesterday.   His family mad...

SolderSmoke is on the Tinkernation web site:  http://www.tinkernation.com/your-story/bill-meara-homemade-radios-and-magic-carpets/#more-69...

Maybe it's because I've done some parachuting myself... I was really blown away by this picture.  Taken by the Mars Orbiter as Curio...

Wow, OM Orlando even homebrewed the rotor controller... AND THE ROTOR!  FB!  Thanks to Ernie, AJ4BP, for alerting us to this.  For more inf...

The Olympics are fun but the real big event tonight will be the rover Curiosity's landing on Mars.   What an amazing machine!   The Atl...

I've been wondering about amateur radio in mainland China.  Given the very large population, and the high levels of technical and engine...

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 ...