SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 1:45 PM William R Meara wrote: Dale:     I was talking to Jim W9UD on 20 SSB today.  When I told him I was r...

This fellow is making good use of older test gear.  Very nice.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LPcLAkhdFE http://gokarters.com/smf/...

I've been getting waterfall envy.  The panoramic frequency display is the one thing that could lure me to the dark side (SDR).   He...

Beautiful work Gary, and great to see that you are putting ideas from Pete and from Don Cantrell in your rig.   Gary wrote: Don and P...

I hope this kid has a lot of success.  He definitely has The Knack. 

I 've been a big fan of Jerry's for several years.  He is the homebrew wizard of Warrenton, Va.   Warrention is just about 25 mi...

We discussed Steve Wozniak's early involvment in ham radio here:  https://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2011/12/wozs-early-exposure-to-el...

Wow, our ace correspondent in Dayton/Xenia Ohio, Bob Crane W8SX, did a great interview with homebrew hero Hans Summers G0UPL.   Hans di...

Pete is such a great guy, and such a great ham.  Earlier this week I came home to find a box in the living room.  In it was the SBE-34 tha...

This is really fantastic.  The screen display is like Google Earth, but all the green dots are local broadcast radio stations.  Put you...

Here is another truly amazing compact SSB rig.   Paul Taylor VK3HN is a true homebrew wizard.  So many great homebrew rigs come out of Aus...

It has been a few years since we last mentioned Peter DK7IH .  He has continued to melt solder and to document his work on an excellent b...