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We started SolderSmoke 185 with a brief description of my recent ascent to the top of the Washington Monument.  A few days later I was ...

And here is how I sample the oscillator frequency for the digital counter.  I use an old trick:  I wrap some wire around the oscillator...

Mark K6HX pointed me to very interesting Hackaday article on Frank PA3CNO's Sputnik transmitter replica.  As blog readers will rec...

Start by looking at this one:  https://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_meet_the_dazzling_flying_machines_of_the_future Then,...

I was very pleased to find Tim Walford's "Hot Iron" journal in my e-mail this morning.  Lots of great articles in this edi...

SolderSmoke Podcast #185 is available 22 Feb 2016 http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke185.mp3 Travelogue:  550 feet above Washing...

Allison KB1GMX has helped me out of numerous battles with recalcitrant amplifiers.  She provided an interesting contribution on the r2...

Rick Campbell KK7B recently responded to a question on the r2pro mailing list.  His answer was so good, and so full of design wisdom that I ...

Thanks to Farhan for alerting me to this great Hackaday article about a homebrew hero who was -- sadly -- unknown to most of us.  He l...

I continue to work on this old beast.  I picked it up in the Dominican Republic around 1994.  One of the IF transformers had gone open. ...

In the course of working on my 160 meter AM station I came across a strong AM signal a bit below Top Band.  Turns out it is part of somethin...

Thanks to Peter Parker VK3YE for alerting us to this beautiful receiver from Bore 4O6Z in Montenegro.  This may be our first ever report o...