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Continuing with our workshop inspiration theme, I spotted this in the BITX-20 mailing list this morning.  The response is from Farhan: ...

Hi Bill!   This Bob Schubert, KC4FNE in   Blacksburg Virginia   just wanting to say hello and taking the opportunity to say "Thank...

Our plan is to strap a key-chain video camera to the center of gravity on this mean green machine.  Using Duct Tape (of course).  Kind of...

John N. Shive rocks the universe with his 1959 wave machine.  We saw this device some time ago in a video in which Dr. Shive explained s...

http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2012/09/26/nasas-hubble-space-telescope-takes-deepest-image-of-the-universe-to-date/ Our book: "S...

I liked this thread on the EMRFD mailing list.  The question of how best to generate SSB is very interesting, and I also liked the global...

SolderSmoke Podcast #146 is available.  http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke146.mp3 Sponsored by: SMT Solutions:   http:// www. smt - s...

I didn’t have much growing up but I still had fun! Towers of wood and Pipe that reached close to the sun. Antennas of aluminum a...

Hi Bill, I've been a listener to Soldersmoke for several years, now and look forward to the podcasts and postings. This past weekend ...

Greetings Bill and Fellow Solder Melters, Back in 1965, I bought a brand new HT-37 from a radio store in Pittsburgh, Pa. It had been tuc...

I took this book with me to the Dominican Republic this summer, and I really enjoyed it.  Kessler has an unusual, very funny, self-depreca...

Ah, those were the days!  The bands were in good shape and hams built their own gear.   Don't let the language barrier deter you -- th...