SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

Wow, Michael's amazingly cool BITX enclosure looks like you could use it to ask Scottie to beam you up.  Put an end to those freakis...

Very cool.  I want to try this.  I have the RTL-SDR and the software, so all I need is the antenna.  I may try to resurrect the 5 element ...

Jean Shepherd used to say that in life, many of us come to a fork in the road:  down one path lies success.  Down the other, ham radio fle...

Check out the blog of homebrew wizard K.P.S. Kang.   OM has a nice speech processor based on the LM386.   He also has a very simple anten...

Winter is approaching ladies and gentlemen, and it is time to think about radio projects.   Bob N7SUR suggested a direct conversion recei...

I'm not sure if I'll be able to get a look at the eclipse tomorrow -- I'll be at work,  and in any case Washington DC will ...

But this one is not a model RC plane.  This kid intends to pilot this plane while actually sitting in it.   As a parent, I must say this...

Mike KC7IT pointed out that the AF amplifier chip in my Sawdust regen receiver is actually a TL431 voltage regulator. Mike writes: "I...

Look at that thing.  It is already painted Juliello -- this is a very good sign.  Steve Silverman sent me one of these Sawdust Regen k...

Bore and Heriberto's uBITX board Nowhere is the International Brotherhood of Electronic Wizards more evident than in the work on the...

Wow, Charlie has a lot of very cool ideas in this initial video.   Some suggestions:  -- With the IRF-510 in the final, beef up the heat...

Back in 1995 I was in the Dominican Republic.  I used an old 2 meter rig and a homebrew 5 element quad (see below) to talk to U.S. Astrona...