SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

It has been a while since we last visited Mr. Carlson's lab.  As always, we found it amazing.  The awesomeness just keeps increasing...

Nice, but the toaster oven is kind of scary. 

That's the front panel.  Glenn's kids and grand kids liked sitting on his lap while he played radio and putting stickers on it ...

Oh man, last night the Radio Gods were on my side.  I only had about a half hour on 40 SSB, but I had some really nice QSOs.   WB2HJK Geo...

For now, I've put the Moxon project on the back burner.  I will take it up again once Old Sol starts showing some spots.  In ...

https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/is-the-mars-opposition-already-over/

I had thought that the Cebik files were lost to us in some sort of legal copyright struggle.  But in my effort to better understand th...

Although Ram VU3XVR's project is in the digital realm, his barebones approach to the bits and bytes is, for me, very appealing. He tak...

Thanks to Richard for alerting us this important piece of Knack history.  Not bad for 1910.  You can see Tom's shack and antenna...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dobson_(amateur_astronomer) Above you can watch a video showing the legendary John Dobson making a big...

Damn.  Just as Mars gets close enough for me to see something with my 6 inch reflector telescope, a massive dust storm hits.  I was out...

Don't let it be said that SolderSmoke made no contribution to Field Day!   Here is the USMC Antenna Manual.   Looks like there is lot...