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This is why you need fuses!  And reverse polarity protection!  Yikes!  

Field Day was a big success for me this year.  I was in category "1E" which meant that I was home in the air conditioning, but d...

At Dayton,  Bob Crane interviewed our friend Farhan VU2ESE.  Farhan shared insights on the BITX, the Minima and future rigs.  Farhan was...

130k resistor inside heat shrink, across R-24 SPRAT 161 (Winter 2014/15) had a very intriguing article about the Heath HW-8 by Dave M0C...

Last Saturday I put the Tuna Tin Two Top together with my Herring Aid Five 38 (year) Special and the Indian key that Farhan gave me.   I...

Close in color don't you think?  Dave Ishmael WA6VVL noted the NC-270 receiver's color was "Cosmic Blue."  Indeed, Natio...

Bill: My xYL hates sardines, but they look good together ! In the late 70's the community had a fetish for canned seafood and...

Thanks to SWL Post for alerting us to this wonderful annual event.  BBC SW stations send a special program to the UK crews at the Antarcti...

Haunted by a fear of rapid expulsion from the QRP Hall of Fame, I decided that I should immediately do something to establish some form ...

SolderSmoke Podcast #197 is available: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke197.mp3 Up in NYC, met Dave W2DAB. got Steve Silverman...

Eric 4Z1UG had a great "QSO Today" interview with Richard Fisher KI6SN .  Richard mentioned his method for making project boxes....

Bill - Enjoyed the recent Hamvention interview with Ed Hare and your comment about him and a Heathkit HW-8 QRP rig.  I recently res...