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http://www.arrl.org/news/museum-donates-doug-demaw-w1fb-homebrew-equipment This is really good news (Thanks to Pete Eaton for the alert...

http://www.cbgazette.com/history_tommoss-turner.html So now I have THREE BITX transceivers on the operating bench.  I've been getti...

Brace yourselves.  This is almost too much.  Prepare for sensory overload and possible palpitations.   Wow.  This is really amazing.   N...

  Above is the workbench of esteemed long-time SolderSmoke listener and electronic wizard Armand WA1UQO.  Lot of good stuff on that ben...

Stefano IZ3NVR sent me  HA5KHC's very interesting web site .   Lots of ideas here.  For example, check out WA7JHZ's 75 meter ...

This is cool in so many ways: I like the RF amp along the back with the LP filter off to the side. The stacked PC boards are very nice...

I've been playing around with a little $13 DVB-T SDR Dongle receiver .  These devices normally tune 24 MHz to 1.7 GHz, but I modifie...

  Wow, Pete really knows how to pack a lot electronics into a small box.  (He claims that he does this to justify the $250000 CNC machi...

Steve Silverman provides a possible answer: "There are claims that, after initial chaos, eventually the letter Q was chosen beca...

Peter Parker has a double dose of The Knack:  Not only is he a great rig builder, but he is also a very skilled teacher.  His videos provi...

Our official SolderSmoke etymologist and lexicographer Steve Silverman explains: Bill     Here is some ham radio/electron...

It is practically SPARKLING!   Beautiful job Pete.  I'm glad you are actually boxing this one up!  Pete has many more pictures of t...