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It turns out that Pete and I may not be the first homebrewers to make use of the word "basta!"  At lunch time, while sitting...

Big doings at the Newbury Park Lab of N6QW.  A new antenna is in the works.  Lots of noodling underway.   Much tribal knowledge is being ...

I got a six digit San Jian frequency counter for use with my BITX20.  I was trying to figure out how to put it in a box and mount it on t...

Check out the new blog from Pete, N6QW.   We hope he continues to post.   Please link to his blog and help spread the word.    Here it is...

Mikele's rig is a real "International Brotherhood of Electronic Wizards" kind of project.   The Belthorn design is out of En...

Hi Bill, Pete, Ken Marshall G4IIB here the guy that wrote the SDR Primer in Sprat 162. I have been listening to your excellent podcas...

Hi Bill Just found a short Youtube QRP video which is quite fun. It's of the radio side of  Thor Heyerdahl's cross-Pacific Kon-T...

I wrote earlier about these students and their cool Apollo telemetry device.  Here is an update.  http://makezine.com/2015/07/21/carbon-or...

The Eden Valley, Cumbria, England  Hello Bill,    As per your discussion with Pete in #177 I can indeed confirm that the corr...

Last week I was interviewed by Eric 4Z1UG for his podcast "QSO Today."   I was at first reluctant to do this, simply because...

SolderSmoke Podcast #178 is available: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke178.mp3 18 July 2015 Anniversaries: Pete Juliano -- One y...

You will remember Colin as the builder of that beautiful BITX20 that he first used from his backyard and later used with great success ...