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Billy alerted me to this TED Talk presentation on an MIT Media Labs project that used new "femto photography" techniques that a...

Thanks to Allan, WA9IRS, for sending us this inspiring video. Just the right touch for Thanksgiving. This kid is definitely one of us. ...

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I think I said before that Paul, NA5N, has one of those "dream jobs" for a radio amateur.  Confirmation of this came in a messa...

Hi Bill        A short e-mail from across the pond. Thanks for sharing the VK3YE link, so impressed I was that I have built one.  It ...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2012/11/121116-second-life-for-used-electric-car-batteries/ Our book: "SolderSmoke --...

Peter Parker's amazing 8 transistor DSB rig (featured in an equally amazing YouTube video -- see earlier blog post) has sparked a ...

 I don't think they will be that interested in my $50 Tasco 4.5 inch reflector, but I am thinking about sending in a proposal for a 1....

We have kind of half a holiday today -- I have the day off, but the kids went to school.  I made use of the additional shack time to test...

I've recently become acutely aware of the shortcomings of my signal generator.  It is a Heathkit SG-6.  It is really old.  It has ...

Another brilliant rig from DSB guru Peter Parker, VK3YE.  I really liked this one. I loved his drawing of the circuit diagram -- right th...

In SolderSmoke 147 I mentioned that I had found some old pictures of AA1TJ's underground hamshack and workshop.  People wrote in asking...