SolderSmoke Daily News -- Ham Radio Blog

We have reached the point where we have to decide on an antenna for the high-school  direct conversion receiver.  It needs to be simple and ...

  Will's homebrew station is really something.  The rig (it truly qualifies for this term of praise) is amazing all by itself  (see belo...

One of the receivers. (l to r) AF, PTO, Mixer, BP filter The students continue to make great progress on their direct conversion receivers. ...

Jose CO6EC sent us more information about homebrew rigs built in Cuba.  The transmitter above is a thing of beauty.   I am really glad that ...

  160 Meter Transmitter Jose CO6EC writes:  I will be sending you some work of homebrew from the 80's and 90's when practically ever...

  Jose CO6EC has been digging up 30 year-old Islander schematics for us.  Thanks Jose.  This one shows a VFO for the Islander.   Note that i...

First a big congratulations to the Vienna Wireless Society and its President, Dean KK4DAS.  In spite of low temperatures that made the Winte...

  This article, the pictures, and the comments are all so cool. They really capture the spirit of homebrew.  Obviously we still need more in...

CO6CBF: " I began operating on the HF bands using homebrewed radios. Mainly on CW running just 10 Watts. My very first phone transmitte...