SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

It took some brass pounding on my homebrew key, but on May 28, 2021 I made a real QSO from the eastern tip of the island of Hispaniola.  KJ4...

Here is Farhan's amazing presentation to the virtual 2021 FDIM event.  There is a lot of tribal knowledge in this video.  Lots of old an...

We arrived in the DR just yesterday, and this morning was my first chance to do some ham radio stuff. I fired up my old Sony SW receiver (th...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_village_fran%C3%A7ais In season 3, Episodes 7 and 8, resistance members parachute in from London.  They are...

  Perhaps its the result of a vaccine-induced relaxation of COVID tensions, but for whatever reason  we are seeing a resurgence of interest ...

It turns out that many people homebrewed SST rigs.  Here is Paul VK3HN's version.  Really nice.  https://vk3hn.wordpress.com/2016/12/2...

  Look at that rig.  It is truly a thing of beauty.     I was very pleased to see Dave AA7EE's comment on my SST rig.  This caused me to...

Usually the only bugs we talk about here are dead bugs (components with their leads up on circuit boards) or perhaps CW keying devices.  But...

  Click on the schematic for a better view Bob KD4EBM recently sent me an amazing package of radio goodies.  Included was a little metal box...

Wow, Paul Taylor, VK3HN is working on homebrew rig #11.  FB.   This interview was quite thought-provoking.  -- I agree with Paul about the i...

Dean KK4DAS visited the N2CQR SolderSmoke shack.  We talked about a lot things including chess, Mars, and AI.  Dean is an amazing guy -- he ...